Carrying basket

Museum number:
1-10095
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010095
Alternate number:
209 (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:
Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Willow (Salix). Open diagonal twined, with reinforcing hoop halfway down the basket and cloth loops and a burlap strap attached. Undecorated.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Sheep Ranch, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Sheep Ranch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Limpy
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used to transport seeds and other food products.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 68 centimeters and 58 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: tcikele. Photo: 15-8271.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #10: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (August 24, 1961–September 14, 1961)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10095, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Willow (Salix). Open diagonal twined, with reinforcing hoop halfway down the basket and cloth loops and a burlap strap attached. Undecorated.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10095, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Willow (Salix). Open diagonal twined, with reinforcing hoop halfway down the basket and cloth loops and a burlap strap attached. Undecorated.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10095, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Willow (Salix). Open diagonal twined, with reinforcing hoop halfway down the basket and cloth loops and a burlap strap attached. Undecorated.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10095, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Willow (Salix). Open diagonal twined, with reinforcing hoop halfway down the basket and cloth loops and a burlap strap attached. Undecorated.

Tools