Scoop

Museum number:
1-10170
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010170
Alternate number:
290 (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:
Scoop basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small and deep, of a triangular shape. No decoration.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Chicken Ranch, Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tuolumne; Chicken Ranch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Ella Hilderble
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Brake fern, Redbud, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a general receptacle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
23.5 centimeters and height 8.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "owoyu". For materials, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 73.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Scoop, accession number 1-10170, described as Scoop basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small and deep, of a triangular shape. No decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Scoop, accession number 1-10170, described as Scoop basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small and deep, of a triangular shape. No decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scoop, accession number 1-10170, described as Scoop basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small and deep, of a triangular shape. No decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scoop, accession number 1-10170, described as Scoop basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small and deep, of a triangular shape. No decoration.

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