Burden basket

Museum number:
1-216539
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1181
Description:
Conical burden basket. Overlaid twining design. Pine root and Xerophyllum overlay.
Donor:
Marjorie Cook Wilson
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Maidu, Northeastern California tribes, and Wailaki
Collector:
May C. Cook
Collection date:
December 6, 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 37.4 centimeters and diameter 34 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216539, described as Conical burden basket. Overlaid twining design. Pine root and Xerophyllum overlay.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216539, described as Conical burden basket. Overlaid twining design. Pine root and Xerophyllum overlay.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216539, described as Conical burden basket. Overlaid twining design. Pine root and Xerophyllum overlay.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216539, described as Conical burden basket. Overlaid twining design. Pine root and Xerophyllum overlay.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216539, described as Conical burden basket. Overlaid twining design. Pine root and Xerophyllum overlay.

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