Burden basket

Museum number:
1-13456
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010013456
Alternate number:
20 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.292, Acc.295, Acc.296, Acc.298, and Acc.301
Description:
Small burden basket cut into three parts for burial with body. Design marked with "mountain" and "guts.
Donor:
Edward Sapir
Collection place:
Montgomery Creek, Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Montgomery Creek
Culture or time period:
Northern or Central Yana
Collector:
Edward Sapir
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Cut into three parts for burial with body
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Description: "(e mate nigi)" Photo: "15-4782" Published: "A.R. 3:3, Pl. 2, a" Added in pencil: "hazel/conifer root/ squaw grass" Remarks: Crossed out, "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 72
Loans:
S1961-1962 #65: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (April 17, 1962–September 28, 1962), S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966), S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971), and S2005-2006 #5: California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (October 7, 2005–March 15, 2006)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-13456, described as Small burden basket cut into three parts for burial with body. Design marked with "mountain" and "guts.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-13456, described as Small burden basket cut into three parts for burial with body. Design marked with "mountain" and "guts.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-13456, described as Small burden basket cut into three parts for burial with body. Design marked with "mountain" and "guts.

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