Dipper

Museum number:
1-10420
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010420
Alternate number:
430 (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:
Dipper basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Three-rod coiling with interlocking stitches, with no decoration, it has been heavily coated (with resin?).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Cold Spring, Mariposa County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mariposa; Cold Spring/Chowchilla Creek
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a dipper.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 22 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Comment:
Described by Samuel A. Barrett in 1906 as being "small & old". Materials: cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 77.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Dipper, accession number 1-10420, described as Dipper basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Three-rod coiling with interlocking stitches, with no decoration, it has been heavily coated (with resin?).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Dipper, accession number 1-10420, described as Dipper basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Three-rod coiling with interlocking stitches, with no decoration, it has been heavily coated (with resin?).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Dipper, accession number 1-10420, described as Dipper basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Three-rod coiling with interlocking stitches, with no decoration, it has been heavily coated (with resin?).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 1-10420, described as Dipper basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Three-rod coiling with interlocking stitches, with no decoration, it has been heavily coated (with resin?).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 1-10420, described as Dipper basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Three-rod coiling with interlocking stitches, with no decoration, it has been heavily coated (with resin?).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 1-10420, described as Dipper basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Three-rod coiling with interlocking stitches, with no decoration, it has been heavily coated (with resin?).

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