Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-10121
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010121
Alternate number:
237 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Horizontal black zigzag design. Basket is executed in 3-rod coiling technique with interlocking stitches and, on the interior face, some split stitching.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Avery, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Avery
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Brake fern, Redbud, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 20 centimeters and height 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
New" when collected in 1906. Native name and meaning: "pulisa"; design name - "toyaa"; maple - "muta"; brackenfern root - "sina"; cork - "katutta" or, in Spanish, "tapoha". The basket was corked up by the weaver's son with the explanation that his mother had forgotten to make the bottom very tight.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10121, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Horizontal black zigzag design. Basket is executed in 3-rod coiling technique with interlocking stitches and, on the interior face, some split stitching.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10121, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Horizontal black zigzag design. Basket is executed in 3-rod coiling technique with interlocking stitches and, on the interior face, some split stitching.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10121, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Horizontal black zigzag design. Basket is executed in 3-rod coiling technique with interlocking stitches and, on the interior face, some split stitching.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10121, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Horizontal black zigzag design. Basket is executed in 3-rod coiling technique with interlocking stitches and, on the interior face, some split stitching.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10121, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Horizontal black zigzag design. Basket is executed in 3-rod coiling technique with interlocking stitches and, on the interior face, some split stitching.

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