Basket

Museum number:
1-243034
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010243034
Accession number:
Acc.3148
Description:
Coiled laundry basket. Willow foundation and weft, widely spaced stitching, open bowl shape.
Donor:
Estate of Christina B. Cameron
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute and Washo
Collector:
Christina B. Cameron
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made solely for sale to white settlers. Laundry basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 20 centimeters and diameter 56.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-243034, described as Coiled laundry basket. Willow foundation and weft, widely spaced stitching, open bowl shape.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-243034, described as Coiled laundry basket. Willow foundation and weft, widely spaced stitching, open bowl shape.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-243034, described as Coiled laundry basket. Willow foundation and weft, widely spaced stitching, open bowl shape.

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