Treasure basket

Museum number:
1-71274
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010071274
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, bowl shape (globular), incurved rim. 3-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of split maple shoots and redbud shoots.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Treasure baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Trinket basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 7.6 centimeters and diameter 17.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #2: unknown borrower (July 13, 1972–July 18, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-71274, described as Coiled, bowl shape (globular), incurved rim. 3-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of split maple shoots and redbud shoots.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-71274, described as Coiled, bowl shape (globular), incurved rim. 3-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of split maple shoots and redbud shoots.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-71274, described as Coiled, bowl shape (globular), incurved rim. 3-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of split maple shoots and redbud shoots.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-71274, described as Coiled, bowl shape (globular), incurved rim. 3-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of split maple shoots and redbud shoots.

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