Receptacle basket

Museum number:
1-9971
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
80 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Rather flat and described by Barrett in 1906 as being "old and much worn." The basket has handle and is without decoration.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Rail Road Flat, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
The basket is said to have come from Pedro and Emma. It was made at Volcano
Production place:
Volcano, Amador County, California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Pedro and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Maple (wood) and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a general receptacle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 19 centimeters and diameter 42 centimeters
Comment:
Described by Samuel A. Barrett as being "old and much worn" in 1906. Native name and meaning: tcama. Materials, techniques: cf. Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 37. Photo: 15-5973. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 52. Conservation: Basket has been mended many times, at least to judge from appearances.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #137: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1968–May 28, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-9971, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Rather flat and described by Barrett in 1906 as being "old and much worn." The basket has handle and is without decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-9971, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Rather flat and described by Barrett in 1906 as being "old and much worn." The basket has handle and is without decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-9971, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Rather flat and described by Barrett in 1906 as being "old and much worn." The basket has handle and is without decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-9971, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Rather flat and described by Barrett in 1906 as being "old and much worn." The basket has handle and is without decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-9971, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Rather flat and described by Barrett in 1906 as being "old and much worn." The basket has handle and is without decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-9971, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Rather flat and described by Barrett in 1906 as being "old and much worn." The basket has handle and is without decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-9971, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Rather flat and described by Barrett in 1906 as being "old and much worn." The basket has handle and is without decoration.

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