Carrying basket

Museum number:
1-20980
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Alternate number:
112 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). No Design.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern
Culture or time period:
Shoshone
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Brake fern, Skunkbush sumac, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Pteris quilina, Rhus trilobata, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 15.5 inches and length 17 inches
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 94.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-20980, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). No Design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-20980, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). No Design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-20980, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). No Design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-20980, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). No Design.

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