Basketry weft

Museum number:
1-168989
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
10 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1203 and Acc.UCAS-414
Description:
Roll of maple withe split and ready for storage.
Donor:
Marie Potts, University Appropriation, and University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
Lake Almanor area, Plumas County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Plumas; Lake Almanor
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Maker or artist:
Marie Potts
Collector:
Marie Potts
Collection date:
May 1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre)
Accession date:
1957 and July 15, 1956
Context of use:
When used it is scraped and reduced to proper size for weft in basketry.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Called dapin (both tree and rolls of matexin).
Loans:
S1978-1979 #24: San Jose Museum of Art (October 24, 1978–January 19, 1979), S1979-1980 #55: California Academy of Sciences (April 4, 1980–December 19, 1981), and S1981-1982 #54: University of California, Davis (March 18, 1982–December 17, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry weft, accession number 1-168989, described as Roll of maple withe split and ready for storage.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry weft, accession number 1-168989, described as Roll of maple withe split and ready for storage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry weft, accession number 1-168989, described as Roll of maple withe split and ready for storage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry weft, accession number 1-168989, described as Roll of maple withe split and ready for storage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry weft, accession number 1-168989, described as Roll of maple withe split and ready for storage.

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