Miniature basket with lid

Museum number:
1-236816a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101236816a@2cb
Alternate number:
23 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2802
Description:
(a) Basket with (b) lid. Coiled. Miniature, squat, globular shape. Design: cross diagonal black checks, meander of black checks on lid. Coiled top knot, feathers (moth eaten) inserted. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sedge and bracken fern roots.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
Collected in Ahwahnee
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
1903-1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Coiled weaving, and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 4 centimeters, (a)— diameter 4.5 centimeters, and (b)— diameter 5.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Miniature basket with lid, accession number 1-236816a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Coiled. Miniature, squat, globular shape. Design: cross diagonal black checks, meander of black checks on lid. Coiled top knot, feathers (moth eaten) inserted. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sedge and bracken fern roots.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Miniature basket with lid, accession number 1-236816a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Coiled. Miniature, squat, globular shape. Design: cross diagonal black checks, meander of black checks on lid. Coiled top knot, feathers (moth eaten) inserted. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sedge and bracken fern roots.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket with lid, accession number 1-236816a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Coiled. Miniature, squat, globular shape. Design: cross diagonal black checks, meander of black checks on lid. Coiled top knot, feathers (moth eaten) inserted. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sedge and bracken fern roots.

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