Burden basket

Museum number:
1-148903
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Accession number:
Acc.1631
Description:
Fragmentary burden basket. Plain twined. 4 horizontal check-band designs.
Donor:
Estate of W. H. Middleton
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Kashia and Pomo
Collector:
W. H. Middleton
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1962
Context of use:
To carry burdens.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 52 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-148903, described as Fragmentary burden basket. Plain twined. 4 horizontal check-band designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-148903, described as Fragmentary burden basket. Plain twined. 4 horizontal check-band designs.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-148903, described as Fragmentary burden basket. Plain twined. 4 horizontal check-band designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-148903, described as Fragmentary burden basket. Plain twined. 4 horizontal check-band designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-148903, described as Fragmentary burden basket. Plain twined. 4 horizontal check-band designs.

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