Toy burden basket

Museum number:
1-13439
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010013439
Alternate number:
3 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.292, Acc.295, Acc.296, Acc.298, and Acc.301
Description:
Toy burden basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Basal hoops of Willow (Salix).
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
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets, Toys (recreational artifacts), and Twined weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 16.7 centimeters
Comment:
Description: "(e matc cugi p. a)" Photo: "15-4785" Published: "A.R. 3:3, Pl. 2, b" Added in pencil: "Hazel/conifer root/squaw and grass redbud bark" Remarks: Crossed out, "For materials see Suplementary Cat. 1 Page 95
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Toy burden basket, accession number 1-13439, described as Toy burden basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Basal hoops of Willow (Salix).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Toy burden basket, accession number 1-13439, described as Toy burden basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Basal hoops of Willow (Salix).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy burden basket, accession number 1-13439, described as Toy burden basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Basal hoops of Willow (Salix).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy burden basket, accession number 1-13439, described as Toy burden basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Basal hoops of Willow (Salix).

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