Basket

Museum number:
1-10058
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010058
Alternate number:
165 (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:
Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Straight-walled and rather small.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Rail Road Flat, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Railroad Flat
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Rosie George
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Fern, Pine (wood), Weft [reassign], and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Pinus, Pteris quilina, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a dipping basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9.2 centimeters and diameter 17.2 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: Design known as "killi-agu" ("killi" = horn, "agu" = forehead). Materials, techniques: cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 38. Photo: 15-4968. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 43.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #67: Education Department (UC Berkeley)/Lily (February 2, 1967–February 27, 1967) and S1999-2000 #3: Monterey Museum of Art (September 13, 1999–May 31, 2000)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-10058, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Straight-walled and rather small.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-10058, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Straight-walled and rather small.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-10058, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Straight-walled and rather small.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10058, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Straight-walled and rather small.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10058, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Straight-walled and rather small.

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