Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-70121
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
25 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, deep tray. Tag loose in basket "Mission 25 Mar 24 / 34 [or 38]. Second tag "25. Mission". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation. The background wefts are sumac. The design wefts are black dyed juncus. The design is a horizontal band in which there is cane like designs. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are clipped and bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coiled ending with an inch and a half of herringbone stitching. The basket is Cahuilla based on the mixed weft fag ends, the materials, and the design.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Imperial County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 16 inches and height 6 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70121, described as Coiled, deep tray. Tag loose in basket "Mission 25 Mar 24 / 34 [or 38]. Second tag "25. Mission". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation. The background wefts are sumac. The design wefts are black dyed juncus. The design is a horizontal band in which there is cane like designs. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are clipped and bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coiled ending with an inch and a half of herringbone stitching. The basket is Cahuilla based on the mixed weft fag ends, the materials, and the design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70121, described as Coiled, deep tray. Tag loose in basket "Mission 25 Mar 24 / 34 [or 38]. Second tag "25. Mission". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation. The background wefts are sumac. The design wefts are black dyed juncus. The design is a horizontal band in which there is cane like designs. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are clipped and bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coiled ending with an inch and a half of herringbone stitching. The basket is Cahuilla based on the mixed weft fag ends, the materials, and the design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70121, described as Coiled, deep tray. Tag loose in basket "Mission 25 Mar 24 / 34 [or 38]. Second tag "25. Mission". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation. The background wefts are sumac. The design wefts are black dyed juncus. The design is a horizontal band in which there is cane like designs. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are clipped and bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coiled ending with an inch and a half of herringbone stitching. The basket is Cahuilla based on the mixed weft fag ends, the materials, and the design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70121, described as Coiled, deep tray. Tag loose in basket "Mission 25 Mar 24 / 34 [or 38]. Second tag "25. Mission". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation. The background wefts are sumac. The design wefts are black dyed juncus. The design is a horizontal band in which there is cane like designs. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are clipped and bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coiled ending with an inch and a half of herringbone stitching. The basket is Cahuilla based on the mixed weft fag ends, the materials, and the design.

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