Basket fragment

Museum number:
1-127063
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.UCAS-84
Description:
Coiled basket fragment. Rim fragment on a rod foundation; evidence of heavy use and subsequent repair; organic residues fill the inner spaces among the warps. See Dawson Appendix X (p. 83) in Heiser and Hester (1973). (Richard F. Ambro).
Donor:
University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
CA-Ama-3 (Bamert Cave), Amador County, California
Collector:
Adán Eduardo Treganza and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
September 1950
Taxon:
Cladium mariscus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
September 5, 1950
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
From Dawson, page 83, in Heiser and Hester (1973): "1. Coiled Basket Fragment (1-127063) Overall size: 10 cm. by 3.5 cm.; 0.6 cm. thickness. Form: Apparently a shallow circular tray greater than 37 cm. in diameter. Foundation: 3-rod triangular bundle, the top rod larger than the other two. Work Direction: Leftward, as held by the worker. Work Face: Concave side. Stitch Type: Mixed interlocking and split on the back face, Sewing Strand Material Class: Has the appearance of sedge (Cladium mariscus?) rootstock fibers split into half-round strands. Foundation Material Class: Whole peeled shoots, perhaps willow. Stitch Count: 8.5 stitches per inch, 6 coils per inch, 51 stitches per square inch. 8.5 stitches/6 coils = 1.42 index of texture. Splices: (Only one partially preserved splice observed) fag end concealed in foundation bundle, moving ends bound under by successive stitches. Use Pattern: Work face (concave side) shows abrasion and incrustation of dried organic material, probably seed oil. Mending: Break between coil rows mended by coarse "darning" of four large stitches with a strand of split shoot material. Interpretation and Comparison: Probably part of a coiled parching and meal tray closely similar to those known from the northern Sierra Miwok (no Plains Miwok examples have been seen or examined). The mending practice is consistent with Sierra Miwok inclination to do extensive mending before discarding a basket.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket fragment, accession number 1-127063, described as Coiled basket fragment. Rim fragment on a rod foundation; evidence of heavy use and subsequent repair; organic residues fill the inner spaces among the warps. See Dawson Appendix X (p. 83) in Heiser and Hester (1973). (Richard F. Ambro).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket fragment, accession number 1-127063, described as Coiled basket fragment. Rim fragment on a rod foundation; evidence of heavy use and subsequent repair; organic residues fill the inner spaces among the warps. See Dawson Appendix X (p. 83) in Heiser and Hester (1973). (Richard F. Ambro).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket fragment, accession number 1-127063, described as Coiled basket fragment. Rim fragment on a rod foundation; evidence of heavy use and subsequent repair; organic residues fill the inner spaces among the warps. See Dawson Appendix X (p. 83) in Heiser and Hester (1973). (Richard F. Ambro).

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