Basket

Museum number:
1-70137
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010070137
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, plaque. Label stapled on to basket "N w [?] 1938 20 Porter". Another label has "10. 20. Mission type" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray/plaque. Rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. Deergrass bundle foundation. Juncus wefts, tan, orange, and black dyed. Five pointed star in the center with surrounding curvilinear designs. Filler elements of triangles and other geometric designs. Two handles on opposite sides. Rim is plain wrapped. Made for sale.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
Porter
Collection date:
November 1938
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 17 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-70137, described as Coiled, plaque. Label stapled on to basket "N w [?] 1938 20 Porter". Another label has "10. 20. Mission type" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray/plaque. Rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. Deergrass bundle foundation. Juncus wefts, tan, orange, and black dyed. Five pointed star in the center with surrounding curvilinear designs. Filler elements of triangles and other geometric designs. Two handles on opposite sides. Rim is plain wrapped. Made for sale.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-70137, described as Coiled, plaque. Label stapled on to basket "N w [?] 1938 20 Porter". Another label has "10. 20. Mission type" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray/plaque. Rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. Deergrass bundle foundation. Juncus wefts, tan, orange, and black dyed. Five pointed star in the center with surrounding curvilinear designs. Filler elements of triangles and other geometric designs. Two handles on opposite sides. Rim is plain wrapped. Made for sale.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70137, described as Coiled, plaque. Label stapled on to basket "N w [?] 1938 20 Porter". Another label has "10. 20. Mission type" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray/plaque. Rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. Deergrass bundle foundation. Juncus wefts, tan, orange, and black dyed. Five pointed star in the center with surrounding curvilinear designs. Filler elements of triangles and other geometric designs. Two handles on opposite sides. Rim is plain wrapped. Made for sale.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70137, described as Coiled, plaque. Label stapled on to basket "N w [?] 1938 20 Porter". Another label has "10. 20. Mission type" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray/plaque. Rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. Deergrass bundle foundation. Juncus wefts, tan, orange, and black dyed. Five pointed star in the center with surrounding curvilinear designs. Filler elements of triangles and other geometric designs. Two handles on opposite sides. Rim is plain wrapped. Made for sale.

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