Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-70259
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010070259
Alternate number:
70 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, bowl shape. Tag "Insurance list 70 [diamond symbol] Mission, Southern Calif. “On back of tag "Snake lion goat hawk". Sticker on bottom "Miss. 70". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl with slightly flaring vertical sides. Not used. The coil foundation is deergrass bundle. The background wefts are sumac and the design wefts are primarily black dyed with some orange juncus. The primary design is a diamondback rattlesnake, at the bottom are three geometric designs, other animals on the sides include a goat, a rabbit, a bird, and a lion. The basket has an exterior workface with clipped weft fag ends and a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped with a slightly tapered coil end. Due to the design layout and the use of clipped fag ends this basket can be attributed to the Cahuilla. There is a hair woven into the side.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
Capital Life Insurance Company list
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 7 inches and height 4 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70259, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Tag "Insurance list 70 [diamond symbol] Mission, Southern Calif. “On back of tag "Snake lion goat hawk". Sticker on bottom "Miss. 70". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl with slightly flaring vertical sides. Not used. The coil foundation is deergrass bundle. The background wefts are sumac and the design wefts are primarily black dyed with some orange juncus. The primary design is a diamondback rattlesnake, at the bottom are three geometric designs, other animals on the sides include a goat, a rabbit, a bird, and a lion. The basket has an exterior workface with clipped weft fag ends and a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped with a slightly tapered coil end. Due to the design layout and the use of clipped fag ends this basket can be attributed to the Cahuilla. There is a hair woven into the side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70259, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Tag "Insurance list 70 [diamond symbol] Mission, Southern Calif. “On back of tag "Snake lion goat hawk". Sticker on bottom "Miss. 70". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl with slightly flaring vertical sides. Not used. The coil foundation is deergrass bundle. The background wefts are sumac and the design wefts are primarily black dyed with some orange juncus. The primary design is a diamondback rattlesnake, at the bottom are three geometric designs, other animals on the sides include a goat, a rabbit, a bird, and a lion. The basket has an exterior workface with clipped weft fag ends and a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped with a slightly tapered coil end. Due to the design layout and the use of clipped fag ends this basket can be attributed to the Cahuilla. There is a hair woven into the side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70259, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Tag "Insurance list 70 [diamond symbol] Mission, Southern Calif. “On back of tag "Snake lion goat hawk". Sticker on bottom "Miss. 70". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl with slightly flaring vertical sides. Not used. The coil foundation is deergrass bundle. The background wefts are sumac and the design wefts are primarily black dyed with some orange juncus. The primary design is a diamondback rattlesnake, at the bottom are three geometric designs, other animals on the sides include a goat, a rabbit, a bird, and a lion. The basket has an exterior workface with clipped weft fag ends and a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped with a slightly tapered coil end. Due to the design layout and the use of clipped fag ends this basket can be attributed to the Cahuilla. There is a hair woven into the side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70259, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Tag "Insurance list 70 [diamond symbol] Mission, Southern Calif. “On back of tag "Snake lion goat hawk". Sticker on bottom "Miss. 70". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl with slightly flaring vertical sides. Not used. The coil foundation is deergrass bundle. The background wefts are sumac and the design wefts are primarily black dyed with some orange juncus. The primary design is a diamondback rattlesnake, at the bottom are three geometric designs, other animals on the sides include a goat, a rabbit, a bird, and a lion. The basket has an exterior workface with clipped weft fag ends and a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped with a slightly tapered coil end. Due to the design layout and the use of clipped fag ends this basket can be attributed to the Cahuilla. There is a hair woven into the side.

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