Treasure basket

Museum number:
1-225220
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2694
Description:
Coiled. Globular shape. Coverall design of brown and black checks; black checks in two rows around the middle girth; brown spot on center of base. Rim worn away, but probably had only one more coil (stubs of stitches show blocks of alternating dark and light stitches characteristic of Chumash rims). Grass bundle foundation (lower portion), three Juncus rush foundation (upper), sumac white and Juncus brown and black sewing materials.
Donor:
Isabel T. Kelly
Collection place:
Southern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Chumash
Collector:
Isabel T. Kelly
Collection date:
1940-1945
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Treasure baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
Probably a trinket basket for keeping small articles in the house.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 16 centimeters and height 10 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: k'hom-ha (Ventureno dialect). "Henshaw AR.15:2
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-225220, described as Coiled. Globular shape. Coverall design of brown and black checks; black checks in two rows around the middle girth; brown spot on center of base. Rim worn away, but probably had only one more coil (stubs of stitches show blocks of alternating dark and light stitches characteristic of Chumash rims). Grass bundle foundation (lower portion), three Juncus rush foundation (upper), sumac white and Juncus brown and black sewing materials.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-225220, described as Coiled. Globular shape. Coverall design of brown and black checks; black checks in two rows around the middle girth; brown spot on center of base. Rim worn away, but probably had only one more coil (stubs of stitches show blocks of alternating dark and light stitches characteristic of Chumash rims). Grass bundle foundation (lower portion), three Juncus rush foundation (upper), sumac white and Juncus brown and black sewing materials.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-225220, described as Coiled. Globular shape. Coverall design of brown and black checks; black checks in two rows around the middle girth; brown spot on center of base. Rim worn away, but probably had only one more coil (stubs of stitches show blocks of alternating dark and light stitches characteristic of Chumash rims). Grass bundle foundation (lower portion), three Juncus rush foundation (upper), sumac white and Juncus brown and black sewing materials.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-225220, described as Coiled. Globular shape. Coverall design of brown and black checks; black checks in two rows around the middle girth; brown spot on center of base. Rim worn away, but probably had only one more coil (stubs of stitches show blocks of alternating dark and light stitches characteristic of Chumash rims). Grass bundle foundation (lower portion), three Juncus rush foundation (upper), sumac white and Juncus brown and black sewing materials.

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