Basket

Museum number:
1-14984
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010014984
Alternate number:
11 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.377
Description:
Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
Before 1911
Materials:
Brake fern and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex, Pteridium aquilinum, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.5 centimeters and height 18.5 centimeters
Comment:
For materials, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 37.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Basket, accession number 1-14984, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum).Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Basket, accession number 1-14984, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum).Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Basket, accession number 1-14984, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum).Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Basket, accession number 1-14984, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum).Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Basket, accession number 1-14984, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-14984, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-14984, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-14984, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum).

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