Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-70290
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
711 (previous number, On tag in basket. )
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, bowl shape. 1-70287-70290 not typical Mission but apparently made of sumac sewing, grass coil, Juncus design. Tag "S.Calif. Type Juncus weed or twig coil, sumac." Tag "711". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a deergrass bundle foundation and sumac background with black dyed juncus designs. The designs are two bands of undulating geometric and floral patterns. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under as well as clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending with .5 inch herringbone stitching. There is staining on the interior, probably not from use. Possibly but not definitively Cahuilla made.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Southern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Southwest California tribes
Collector:
unknown
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 18 inches and height 6 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70290, described as Coiled, bowl shape. 1-70287-70290 not typical Mission but apparently made of sumac sewing, grass coil, Juncus design. Tag "S.Calif. Type Juncus weed or twig coil, sumac." Tag "711". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a deergrass bundle foundation and sumac background with black dyed juncus designs. The designs are two bands of undulating geometric and floral patterns. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under as well as clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending with .5 inch herringbone stitching. There is staining on the interior, probably not from use. Possibly but not definitively Cahuilla made.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70290, described as Coiled, bowl shape. 1-70287-70290 not typical Mission but apparently made of sumac sewing, grass coil, Juncus design. Tag "S.Calif. Type Juncus weed or twig coil, sumac." Tag "711". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a deergrass bundle foundation and sumac background with black dyed juncus designs. The designs are two bands of undulating geometric and floral patterns. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under as well as clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending with .5 inch herringbone stitching. There is staining on the interior, probably not from use. Possibly but not definitively Cahuilla made.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70290, described as Coiled, bowl shape. 1-70287-70290 not typical Mission but apparently made of sumac sewing, grass coil, Juncus design. Tag "S.Calif. Type Juncus weed or twig coil, sumac." Tag "711". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a deergrass bundle foundation and sumac background with black dyed juncus designs. The designs are two bands of undulating geometric and floral patterns. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under as well as clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending with .5 inch herringbone stitching. There is staining on the interior, probably not from use. Possibly but not definitively Cahuilla made.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70290, described as Coiled, bowl shape. 1-70287-70290 not typical Mission but apparently made of sumac sewing, grass coil, Juncus design. Tag "S.Calif. Type Juncus weed or twig coil, sumac." Tag "711". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a deergrass bundle foundation and sumac background with black dyed juncus designs. The designs are two bands of undulating geometric and floral patterns. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under as well as clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending with .5 inch herringbone stitching. There is staining on the interior, probably not from use. Possibly but not definitively Cahuilla made.

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