Burden basket

Museum number:
1-255570
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Accession number:
Acc.3989
Description:
Gathering basket, conical; twined peeled willow shoots; burlap at base; thick cotton cordage tumpline.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Washo
Collector:
David Wayne Peri
Collection date:
1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Production date:
ca. 1910
Context of use:
Pine nut gathering basket. Used as part of film, ca. 1960, on pine nut harvesting. Shows signs of use, e.g. pinyon pitch on inside.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 58.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-255570, described as Gathering basket, conical; twined peeled willow shoots; burlap at base; thick cotton cordage tumpline.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-255570, described as Gathering basket, conical; twined peeled willow shoots; burlap at base; thick cotton cordage tumpline.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-255570, described as Gathering basket, conical; twined peeled willow shoots; burlap at base; thick cotton cordage tumpline.

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