Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-25428
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150025428
Accession number:
Acc.2691
Description:
black-and-white negative: Basket, twined, shovel-shaped, detail of convex face (the work face). Sedge root weft , equisetum runners for black design, willow? warps. Calif. Carmel Mission Indians. Handed down to Munras family, Spanish settlers in the locality. Called "hualajin" (Spanish spelling) in Mutsum Costanoan, "walexin" (Smithsonian orthography) used for winnowing seeds, perhaps also as an acorn meal shaker.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson and University Appropriation
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection date:
November 9, 1970
Materials:
Acetate film
Object type:
documentation
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Black-and-white negatives, and Twined weaving
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
height 2.25 inches and width 2.25 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-25428, described as black-and-white negative: Basket, twined, shovel-shaped, detail of convex face (the work face). Sedge root weft , equisetum runners for black design, willow? warps. Calif. Carmel Mission Indians. Handed down to Munras family, Spanish settlers in the locality. Called "hualajin" (Spanish spelling) in Mutsum Costanoan, "walexin" (Smithsonian orthography) used for winnowing seeds, perhaps also as an acorn meal shaker.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-25428, described as black-and-white negative: Basket, twined, shovel-shaped, detail of convex face (the work face). Sedge root weft , equisetum runners for black design, willow? warps. Calif. Carmel Mission Indians. Handed down to Munras family, Spanish settlers in the locality. Called "hualajin" (Spanish spelling) in Mutsum Costanoan, "walexin" (Smithsonian orthography) used for winnowing seeds, perhaps also as an acorn meal shaker.

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