Miniature basket

Museum number:
1-236844
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
36 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2802
Description:
Coiled, miniature squat globular shape. Design in red beads and meandering pattern in black. Made with single rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands, and bullrush roots, redbud shoots and red glass trade beads used for designs.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
Collected in Ahwahnee
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
April 1-August 1, 1912
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Coiled weaving, and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 3 centimeters and diameter 7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-236844, described as Coiled, miniature squat globular shape. Design in red beads and meandering pattern in black. Made with single rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands, and bullrush roots, redbud shoots and red glass trade beads used for designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-236844, described as Coiled, miniature squat globular shape. Design in red beads and meandering pattern in black. Made with single rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands, and bullrush roots, redbud shoots and red glass trade beads used for designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-236844, described as Coiled, miniature squat globular shape. Design in red beads and meandering pattern in black. Made with single rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands, and bullrush roots, redbud shoots and red glass trade beads used for designs.

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