Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-20989
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Alternate number:
162 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With black zigzag design on lower portion; near upper edge 7 pairs of steps formed by 3 squares placed one above other in spiral fashion. Steps in brown and black.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern
Culture or time period:
Shoshone
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Brake fern, Redbud, and Yucca leaf
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 8.25 inches and width 3.875 inches
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 94.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20989, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With black zigzag design on lower portion; near upper edge 7 pairs of steps formed by 3 squares placed one above other in spiral fashion. Steps in brown and black.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20989, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With black zigzag design on lower portion; near upper edge 7 pairs of steps formed by 3 squares placed one above other in spiral fashion. Steps in brown and black.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20989, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With black zigzag design on lower portion; near upper edge 7 pairs of steps formed by 3 squares placed one above other in spiral fashion. Steps in brown and black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20989, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With black zigzag design on lower portion; near upper edge 7 pairs of steps formed by 3 squares placed one above other in spiral fashion. Steps in brown and black.

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