Basket

Museum number:
2-44823
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2311
Description:
Coiled basket; sub-globular; faded gray design. Jenny Dick, the weaver states of the design "We assemble around the campfire after a successful hunt among the hills and valleys and tell of the game of Earth we killed". Materials are Red in Circes Occindentalis, Black in Pteris Aquilinium and white in Salix. The basket took 18 days to weave, and has 15 stitches to the inch.
Donor:
Stuart C. Way
Collection place:
The Emporium Company, Carson City, Nevada
Production place:
Nevada
Culture or time period:
Paiute
Maker or artist:
Jennie Dick
Collector:
Carson Emporium and Stuart C. Way
Collection date:
April 27, 1915
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Said to be a mortuary basket. Paiute name is Ti Buck Go. Washoe name is Day-Gee-Coop.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 16 centimeters and height 10 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-44823, described as Coiled basket; sub-globular; faded gray design. Jenny Dick, the weaver states of the design "We assemble around the campfire after a successful hunt among the hills and valleys and tell of the game of Earth we killed". Materials are Red in Circes Occindentalis, Black in Pteris Aquilinium and white in Salix. The basket took 18 days to weave, and has 15 stitches to the inch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-44823, described as Coiled basket; sub-globular; faded gray design. Jenny Dick, the weaver states of the design "We assemble around the campfire after a successful hunt among the hills and valleys and tell of the game of Earth we killed". Materials are Red in Circes Occindentalis, Black in Pteris Aquilinium and white in Salix. The basket took 18 days to weave, and has 15 stitches to the inch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-44823, described as Coiled basket; sub-globular; faded gray design. Jenny Dick, the weaver states of the design "We assemble around the campfire after a successful hunt among the hills and valleys and tell of the game of Earth we killed". Materials are Red in Circes Occindentalis, Black in Pteris Aquilinium and white in Salix. The basket took 18 days to weave, and has 15 stitches to the inch.

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