Basket

Museum number:
1-20924
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca, black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Bottle neck with sloping shoulders. Decorated in brown and black representing letters of the alphabet.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Loraine, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Loraine
Culture or time period:
Kawaiisu
Maker or artist:
Liza Williams
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Devil's horn and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Proboscidea (plant), Salix, Sporobolus rigens, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 16 centimeters and diameter 20 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 14.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-20924, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca, black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Bottle neck with sloping shoulders. Decorated in brown and black representing letters of the alphabet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-20924, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca, black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Bottle neck with sloping shoulders. Decorated in brown and black representing letters of the alphabet.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-20924, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca, black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Bottle neck with sloping shoulders. Decorated in brown and black representing letters of the alphabet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20924, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca, black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Bottle neck with sloping shoulders. Decorated in brown and black representing letters of the alphabet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20924, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca, black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Bottle neck with sloping shoulders. Decorated in brown and black representing letters of the alphabet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20924, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca, black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Bottle neck with sloping shoulders. Decorated in brown and black representing letters of the alphabet.

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