Flat basket

Museum number:
1-4127
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Accession number:
Acc.101
Description:
Flat basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red-black pattern is Redbud. Disk-shaped with diagonal triangular designs in maroon.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Redbud and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Meal-shaking tray.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 48.5 centimeters and height 8.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Flat basket, accession number 1-4127, described as Flat basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red-black pattern is Redbud. Disk-shaped with diagonal triangular designs in maroon.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Flat basket, accession number 1-4127, described as Flat basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red-black pattern is Redbud. Disk-shaped with diagonal triangular designs in maroon.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flat basket, accession number 1-4127, described as Flat basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red-black pattern is Redbud. Disk-shaped with diagonal triangular designs in maroon.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flat basket, accession number 1-4127, described as Flat basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red-black pattern is Redbud. Disk-shaped with diagonal triangular designs in maroon.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flat basket, accession number 1-4127, described as Flat basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red-black pattern is Redbud. Disk-shaped with diagonal triangular designs in maroon.

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