Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-70186
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010070186
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, oval. Tag "MISSION type oval". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled oval bowl. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are sumac and natural, orange and black/brown-dyed juncus. The design includes three sets of three coils of darker material, four eight pointed star designs, two floral elements, and six geometric fillers. The basket has an oval starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with an abrupt coil ending.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
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 17 inches and width 15 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70186, described as Coiled, oval. Tag "MISSION type oval". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled oval bowl. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are sumac and natural, orange and black/brown-dyed juncus. The design includes three sets of three coils of darker material, four eight pointed star designs, two floral elements, and six geometric fillers. The basket has an oval starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with an abrupt coil ending.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70186, described as Coiled, oval. Tag "MISSION type oval". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled oval bowl. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are sumac and natural, orange and black/brown-dyed juncus. The design includes three sets of three coils of darker material, four eight pointed star designs, two floral elements, and six geometric fillers. The basket has an oval starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with an abrupt coil ending.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70186, described as Coiled, oval. Tag "MISSION type oval". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled oval bowl. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are sumac and natural, orange and black/brown-dyed juncus. The design includes three sets of three coils of darker material, four eight pointed star designs, two floral elements, and six geometric fillers. The basket has an oval starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with an abrupt coil ending.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70186, described as Coiled, oval. Tag "MISSION type oval". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled oval bowl. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are sumac and natural, orange and black/brown-dyed juncus. The design includes three sets of three coils of darker material, four eight pointed star designs, two floral elements, and six geometric fillers. The basket has an oval starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with an abrupt coil ending.

Tools