Burden basket

Museum number:
1-259301
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Accession number:
Acc.4689
Object count:
1
Description:
Miniature burden basket. Light brown with woven bottom, top wrapped in thick coil. Looped cord is knotted through the basket between the coil and the weave. This loop is made of dogbane cordage. Willow shoot wraps, sedge root weft, dyed bracken fern decoration weft. Made to sell.
Donor:
Ira Jacknis
Collection place:
Point Reyes, Marin County, California
Culture or time period:
Kashia, Mono Lake Northern Paiute, and Sierra Miwok
Maker or artist:
Lucy Parker
Collector:
Ira Jacknis
Materials:
Willow shoots
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
June 26, 1997
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-259301, described as Miniature burden basket. Light brown with woven bottom, top wrapped in thick coil. Looped cord is knotted through the basket between the coil and the weave. This loop is made of dogbane cordage. Willow shoot wraps, sedge root weft, dyed bracken fern decoration weft. Made to sell.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-259301, described as Miniature burden basket. Light brown with woven bottom, top wrapped in thick coil. Looped cord is knotted through the basket between the coil and the weave. This loop is made of dogbane cordage. Willow shoot wraps, sedge root weft, dyed bracken fern decoration weft. Made to sell.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-259301, described as Miniature burden basket. Light brown with woven bottom, top wrapped in thick coil. Looped cord is knotted through the basket between the coil and the weave. This loop is made of dogbane cordage. Willow shoot wraps, sedge root weft, dyed bracken fern decoration weft. Made to sell.

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