Burden basket

Museum number:
1-243020
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3148
Description:
Flat bottom burden basket style, twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern with red dyed willow shoot, center panel of 2 interlocking zigzag lines of winter peeled willow shoots, one handle of willow wrapped wire.
Donor:
Estate of Christina B. Cameron
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Culture or time period:
Washo
Collector:
Christina B. Cameron
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for sale. Wastebasket?
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 17 centimeters and diameter 26 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-243020, described as Flat bottom burden basket style, twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern with red dyed willow shoot, center panel of 2 interlocking zigzag lines of winter peeled willow shoots, one handle of willow wrapped wire.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-243020, described as Flat bottom burden basket style, twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern with red dyed willow shoot, center panel of 2 interlocking zigzag lines of winter peeled willow shoots, one handle of willow wrapped wire.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-243020, described as Flat bottom burden basket style, twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern with red dyed willow shoot, center panel of 2 interlocking zigzag lines of winter peeled willow shoots, one handle of willow wrapped wire.

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