Basket

Museum number:
1-10105
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010105
Alternate number:
221 (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:
Large, deep coiled basket, new when collected. 3-rod coiling. Decoration: parallel black zigzag design.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Sheep Ranch, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Sheep Ranch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Described as "new" when collected. Native name and meaning: "ulua", "hima" - term for basket type; "lowota" - term for design type; "pulaka" - term which Miwok of Jackson Valley used when speaking of this type of basket. Missing since at least 1994.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10105, described as Large, deep coiled basket, new when collected. 3-rod coiling. Decoration: parallel black zigzag design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10105, described as Large, deep coiled basket, new when collected. 3-rod coiling. Decoration: parallel black zigzag design.

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