Receptacle basket

Museum number:
1-10217
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010217
Alternate number:
337 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is unpeeled Willow (Salix), weft is Willow. Open diagonal twined, with string handle and cloth wrapped around a hole in the bottom of the basket. No decoration.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Bull Creek, Mariposa County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mariposa; Bull Creek
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Julian
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Said to have been used as a sunshade for a cradle and as a receptacle hung from the rafters; bears some resemblance to a seed beater or a harvesting implement.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 23.5 centimeters and height 12 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "tupula" - without handle. Materials: For further information, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 40. Photo: 15-2782; 15-9112; neg. #9112. Published: Milwaukee Publ. Museum Bull. v. 2, pl. 53.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10217, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is unpeeled Willow (Salix), weft is Willow. Open diagonal twined, with string handle and cloth wrapped around a hole in the bottom of the basket. No decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10217, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is unpeeled Willow (Salix), weft is Willow. Open diagonal twined, with string handle and cloth wrapped around a hole in the bottom of the basket. No decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10217, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is unpeeled Willow (Salix), weft is Willow. Open diagonal twined, with string handle and cloth wrapped around a hole in the bottom of the basket. No decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10217, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is unpeeled Willow (Salix), weft is Willow. Open diagonal twined, with string handle and cloth wrapped around a hole in the bottom of the basket. No decoration.

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