Miniature basket

Museum number:
1-236830
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
9 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2802
Description:
Twined miniature gathering basket with handle, design of red diamonds around the middle, bands of tick marks. Diagonal twining; split sumac shoots and split redsbud shoot on peeled shoot warp.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
Collected in Ahwahnee
Culture or time period:
Southern Sierra Miwok
Maker or artist:
Annie Jacobs
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
1903-1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Miniature (size attribute), and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 12 centimeters and 17.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-236830, described as Twined miniature gathering basket with handle, design of red diamonds around the middle, bands of tick marks. Diagonal twining; split sumac shoots and split redsbud shoot on peeled shoot warp.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-236830, described as Twined miniature gathering basket with handle, design of red diamonds around the middle, bands of tick marks. Diagonal twining; split sumac shoots and split redsbud shoot on peeled shoot warp.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-236830, described as Twined miniature gathering basket with handle, design of red diamonds around the middle, bands of tick marks. Diagonal twining; split sumac shoots and split redsbud shoot on peeled shoot warp.

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