Basket

Museum number:
1-70244
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, wide bottom. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket with a concave base. The foundation starts with shredded juncus and then becomes deergrass bundle. Wefts are juncus, both natural tan and orange and black dyed with some sumac wefts at the base. The designs are complex, the bottom has several concentric rings followed by striped bands, on the side are four zigzags of solid colors, the rim has two undecorated coils. The design is not typical of Southern California baskets, with the complexity of the design reminiscent of Chumash or Gabrielino work. The basket has a rightward work direction, with bound under weft fag ends that are unusually long, ranging up to 3/4 of an inch/2 cm in length. Unusually long weft fag ends are found in Tatavium archaeological baskets. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Probably Southwestern California in origin.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 3 inches and diameter 8 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-70244, described as Coiled, wide bottom. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket with a concave base. The foundation starts with shredded juncus and then becomes deergrass bundle. Wefts are juncus, both natural tan and orange and black dyed with some sumac wefts at the base. The designs are complex, the bottom has several concentric rings followed by striped bands, on the side are four zigzags of solid colors, the rim has two undecorated coils. The design is not typical of Southern California baskets, with the complexity of the design reminiscent of Chumash or Gabrielino work. The basket has a rightward work direction, with bound under weft fag ends that are unusually long, ranging up to 3/4 of an inch/2 cm in length. Unusually long weft fag ends are found in Tatavium archaeological baskets. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Probably Southwestern California in origin.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-70244, described as Coiled, wide bottom. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket with a concave base. The foundation starts with shredded juncus and then becomes deergrass bundle. Wefts are juncus, both natural tan and orange and black dyed with some sumac wefts at the base. The designs are complex, the bottom has several concentric rings followed by striped bands, on the side are four zigzags of solid colors, the rim has two undecorated coils. The design is not typical of Southern California baskets, with the complexity of the design reminiscent of Chumash or Gabrielino work. The basket has a rightward work direction, with bound under weft fag ends that are unusually long, ranging up to 3/4 of an inch/2 cm in length. Unusually long weft fag ends are found in Tatavium archaeological baskets. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Probably Southwestern California in origin.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70244, described as Coiled, wide bottom. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket with a concave base. The foundation starts with shredded juncus and then becomes deergrass bundle. Wefts are juncus, both natural tan and orange and black dyed with some sumac wefts at the base. The designs are complex, the bottom has several concentric rings followed by striped bands, on the side are four zigzags of solid colors, the rim has two undecorated coils. The design is not typical of Southern California baskets, with the complexity of the design reminiscent of Chumash or Gabrielino work. The basket has a rightward work direction, with bound under weft fag ends that are unusually long, ranging up to 3/4 of an inch/2 cm in length. Unusually long weft fag ends are found in Tatavium archaeological baskets. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Probably Southwestern California in origin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70244, described as Coiled, wide bottom. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket with a concave base. The foundation starts with shredded juncus and then becomes deergrass bundle. Wefts are juncus, both natural tan and orange and black dyed with some sumac wefts at the base. The designs are complex, the bottom has several concentric rings followed by striped bands, on the side are four zigzags of solid colors, the rim has two undecorated coils. The design is not typical of Southern California baskets, with the complexity of the design reminiscent of Chumash or Gabrielino work. The basket has a rightward work direction, with bound under weft fag ends that are unusually long, ranging up to 3/4 of an inch/2 cm in length. Unusually long weft fag ends are found in Tatavium archaeological baskets. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Probably Southwestern California in origin.

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