Basket

Museum number:
1-70239
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, bottleneck. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket with a constricted neck. The foundation is deergrass bundle. The wefts are juncus, both natural tan, orange, and black dyed. The designs include a radiating stepped pattern on the base, three leaves on the side and three sets of five stacked triangles. There are three undecorated coils at the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction and an exterior workface, with bound under weft fag ends. The wefts are small and closely spaced. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Southwestern California, possibly Cahuilla.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
Porter
Collection date:
November 1938
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 4 inches and diameter 7 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-70239, described as Coiled, bottleneck. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket with a constricted neck. The foundation is deergrass bundle. The wefts are juncus, both natural tan, orange, and black dyed. The designs include a radiating stepped pattern on the base, three leaves on the side and three sets of five stacked triangles. There are three undecorated coils at the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction and an exterior workface, with bound under weft fag ends. The wefts are small and closely spaced. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Southwestern California, possibly Cahuilla.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-70239, described as Coiled, bottleneck. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket with a constricted neck. The foundation is deergrass bundle. The wefts are juncus, both natural tan, orange, and black dyed. The designs include a radiating stepped pattern on the base, three leaves on the side and three sets of five stacked triangles. There are three undecorated coils at the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction and an exterior workface, with bound under weft fag ends. The wefts are small and closely spaced. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Southwestern California, possibly Cahuilla.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70239, described as Coiled, bottleneck. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket with a constricted neck. The foundation is deergrass bundle. The wefts are juncus, both natural tan, orange, and black dyed. The designs include a radiating stepped pattern on the base, three leaves on the side and three sets of five stacked triangles. There are three undecorated coils at the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction and an exterior workface, with bound under weft fag ends. The wefts are small and closely spaced. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Southwestern California, possibly Cahuilla.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70239, described as Coiled, bottleneck. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket with a constricted neck. The foundation is deergrass bundle. The wefts are juncus, both natural tan, orange, and black dyed. The designs include a radiating stepped pattern on the base, three leaves on the side and three sets of five stacked triangles. There are three undecorated coils at the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction and an exterior workface, with bound under weft fag ends. The wefts are small and closely spaced. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Southwestern California, possibly Cahuilla.

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