Basket

Museum number:
1-230650
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010230650
Alternate number:
11 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Coiled, circular tray with depressed center. 12 hand-like designs, also triangles and checks in red. Coiling on single rod foundation, sedge root, bulrush root and redbud shoot weft strands.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Middletown, Lake County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Lake; Middletown
Culture or time period:
Lake Miwok
Maker or artist:
Lucy Knight
Collector:
Sarah A. Lyman
Collection date:
1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
For use as a table top.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 57 centimeters and depth 5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-230650, described as Coiled, circular tray with depressed center. 12 hand-like designs, also triangles and checks in red. Coiling on single rod foundation, sedge root, bulrush root and redbud shoot weft strands.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-230650, described as Coiled, circular tray with depressed center. 12 hand-like designs, also triangles and checks in red. Coiling on single rod foundation, sedge root, bulrush root and redbud shoot weft strands.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230650, described as Coiled, circular tray with depressed center. 12 hand-like designs, also triangles and checks in red. Coiling on single rod foundation, sedge root, bulrush root and redbud shoot weft strands.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230650, described as Coiled, circular tray with depressed center. 12 hand-like designs, also triangles and checks in red. Coiling on single rod foundation, sedge root, bulrush root and redbud shoot weft strands.

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