Basket

Museum number:
1-19672
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Alternate number:
2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.499
Description:
Winnower; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black dye is Redbud.
Donor:
Edward W. Gifford and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Inyo; Bishop
Culture or time period:
Eastern Mono
Collector:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection date:
December 1915
Materials:
Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Also used to parch seeds.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 60.5 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 43.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-19672, described as Winnower; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black dye is Redbud.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-19672, described as Winnower; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black dye is Redbud.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-19672, described as Winnower; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black dye is Redbud.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-19672, described as Winnower; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black dye is Redbud.

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