Basket

Museum number:
1-14516
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2119 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.353
Description:
Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark. 6 quail crest designs.
Donor:
American Museum of Natural History
Collection place:
Chico, Butte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Butte; Chico
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Mrs. T. K. Gibbs
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Redbud, Redbud bark, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 31.4 centimeters and height 16.3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 34.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-14516, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark. 6 quail crest designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-14516, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark. 6 quail crest designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-14516, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark. 6 quail crest designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-14516, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark. 6 quail crest designs.

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