Cooking basket

Museum number:
1-9949
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009949
Alternate number:
55 (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:
Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Coiled; large and, in 1906, already "very old and much worn." Decoration: diagonal zigzag design in red.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Secret Diggings, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Secret Diggings
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Redbud and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Cooking baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used in cooking.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 31 centimeters and diameter 50 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: Hima - basket type; tapatau - redbud; the white material is known as "muta". Materials, techniques: The redbud used in this basket comes from the big river near Murphys (to the south of Secret Diggings). For further information, cf. Supplemental Cat. 2, p. 37. Photo: 15-4875. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 42. Conservation: Bottom of basket has been extensively repaired.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9949, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Coiled; large and, in 1906, already "very old and much worn." Decoration: diagonal zigzag design in red.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9949, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Coiled; large and, in 1906, already "very old and much worn." Decoration: diagonal zigzag design in red.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9949, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Coiled; large and, in 1906, already "very old and much worn." Decoration: diagonal zigzag design in red.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9949, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Coiled; large and, in 1906, already "very old and much worn." Decoration: diagonal zigzag design in red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9949, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Coiled; large and, in 1906, already "very old and much worn." Decoration: diagonal zigzag design in red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9949, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Coiled; large and, in 1906, already "very old and much worn." Decoration: diagonal zigzag design in red.

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