Basket

Museum number:
1-10101
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010101
Alternate number:
216 (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:
3-rod coiling, with flaring sides. Decoration: red designs in lines and triangles. Design material is redbud.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Sheep Ranch, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Sheep Ranch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Limpy
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Described as being "new" when collected. Native name and meaning: "hima" - basket type; "kitceya" - triangular design motif; "lewunna" - banded motif; "tapatapu" - redbud (unpeeled). Missing since at least 1994.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10101, described as 3-rod coiling, with flaring sides. Decoration: red designs in lines and triangles. Design material is redbud.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10101, described as 3-rod coiling, with flaring sides. Decoration: red designs in lines and triangles. Design material is redbud.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10101, described as 3-rod coiling, with flaring sides. Decoration: red designs in lines and triangles. Design material is redbud.

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