Receptacle basket

Museum number:
1-10237
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010237
Alternate number:
359 (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 possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Open diagonal twined with "strawberry weave" (one plain strand and one dark strand) achieving decorative banding effect. Decoration: four horizontal bands of black twining.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Wawona, Mariposa County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mariposa; Wawona
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Old Susie
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Brake fern, Maple (wood), and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum, Pteris quilina, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Intended use as a general receptacle to be hung to means of a string "handle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 32.5 centimeters and height 18 centimeters
Comment:
Described by Samuel A. Barrett in 1906 as being "new". Native name: "tupula". For materials, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 39. From Barrett & Gifford, "Miwok Material Culture": "In this specimen the courses of twining pass back and forth close together, so that they appear like braiding". Photo: 15-5973; neg. # 5973. Published: 1) Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 52. 2) Barrett & Gifford, "Miwok Material Culture (Indian Life of the Yosemite Region)".
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10237, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Open diagonal twined with "strawberry weave" (one plain strand and one dark strand) achieving decorative banding effect. Decoration: four horizontal bands of black twining.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10237, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Open diagonal twined with "strawberry weave" (one plain strand and one dark strand) achieving decorative banding effect. Decoration: four horizontal bands of black twining.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10237, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Open diagonal twined with "strawberry weave" (one plain strand and one dark strand) achieving decorative banding effect. Decoration: four horizontal bands of black twining.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10237, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Open diagonal twined with "strawberry weave" (one plain strand and one dark strand) achieving decorative banding effect. Decoration: four horizontal bands of black twining.

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