Basket

Museum number:
1-230648
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010230648
Alternate number:
10 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Coiled, squat globular shape, decorated with woodpecker topknot feather tufts, quail plumes, and clamshell disc beads at rim. Also woven designs, ascending diagonal compositions in black. 3-rod foundation, sedge root and bulrush root (black) weft.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Middletown, Lake County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Lake; Middletown
Culture or time period:
Lake Miwok
Maker or artist:
Lucy Knight
Collector:
Sarah A. Lyman
Collection date:
1908-1912
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
A gift basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 12 centimeters and diameter 28 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-230648, described as Coiled, squat globular shape, decorated with woodpecker topknot feather tufts, quail plumes, and clamshell disc beads at rim. Also woven designs, ascending diagonal compositions in black. 3-rod foundation, sedge root and bulrush root (black) weft.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-230648, described as Coiled, squat globular shape, decorated with woodpecker topknot feather tufts, quail plumes, and clamshell disc beads at rim. Also woven designs, ascending diagonal compositions in black. 3-rod foundation, sedge root and bulrush root (black) weft.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230648, described as Coiled, squat globular shape, decorated with woodpecker topknot feather tufts, quail plumes, and clamshell disc beads at rim. Also woven designs, ascending diagonal compositions in black. 3-rod foundation, sedge root and bulrush root (black) weft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230648, described as Coiled, squat globular shape, decorated with woodpecker topknot feather tufts, quail plumes, and clamshell disc beads at rim. Also woven designs, ascending diagonal compositions in black. 3-rod foundation, sedge root and bulrush root (black) weft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230648, described as Coiled, squat globular shape, decorated with woodpecker topknot feather tufts, quail plumes, and clamshell disc beads at rim. Also woven designs, ascending diagonal compositions in black. 3-rod foundation, sedge root and bulrush root (black) weft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230648, described as Coiled, squat globular shape, decorated with woodpecker topknot feather tufts, quail plumes, and clamshell disc beads at rim. Also woven designs, ascending diagonal compositions in black. 3-rod foundation, sedge root and bulrush root (black) weft.

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