Basket

Museum number:
1-22394
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010022394
Accession number:
Acc.561
Description:
Coiled tray basket.
Donor:
Leslie Spier
Collection place:
Campo (CDP), San Diego County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; Campo
Culture or time period:
Kumeyaay
Collector:
Leslie Spier
Collection date:
August 30, 1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1920
Context of use:
Design has no significance, except that with design, it would trade better at the Brush Dances, this is more of a trading basket. Use to husk or take off dry skins on the shelled acorns. Fide James C. Moreno February 22, 1983.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-12281.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-22394, described as Coiled tray basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-22394, described as Coiled tray basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-22394, described as Coiled tray basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-22394, described as Coiled tray basket.

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