Miniature basket

Museum number:
1-211504
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1188
Description:
Small model storage basket. Overlaid twining. Per Ralph Shanks: Warp sticks are probably hazel. Double sided overlay twining. Conifer root weft. Beargrass overlay. Designs are redbud, rim is also wrapped with redbud. Form and design is similar to some Maidu baskets of the Sierras.
Donor:
Thad W. Stevens
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Salina Davidson
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-211504, described as Small model storage basket. Overlaid twining. Per Ralph Shanks: Warp sticks are probably hazel. Double sided overlay twining. Conifer root weft. Beargrass overlay. Designs are redbud, rim is also wrapped with redbud. Form and design is similar to some Maidu baskets of the Sierras.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-211504, described as Small model storage basket. Overlaid twining. Per Ralph Shanks: Warp sticks are probably hazel. Double sided overlay twining. Conifer root weft. Beargrass overlay. Designs are redbud, rim is also wrapped with redbud. Form and design is similar to some Maidu baskets of the Sierras.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-211504, described as Small model storage basket. Overlaid twining. Per Ralph Shanks: Warp sticks are probably hazel. Double sided overlay twining. Conifer root weft. Beargrass overlay. Designs are redbud, rim is also wrapped with redbud. Form and design is similar to some Maidu baskets of the Sierras.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-211504, described as Small model storage basket. Overlaid twining. Per Ralph Shanks: Warp sticks are probably hazel. Double sided overlay twining. Conifer root weft. Beargrass overlay. Designs are redbud, rim is also wrapped with redbud. Form and design is similar to some Maidu baskets of the Sierras.

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