Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-70152
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled. Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular design in light brown on natural ground. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled low sided bowl. Foundation is deer grass bundle. Weft designs in orange juncus and light tan sumac. The wefts have clipped fag ends. Designs are four vertical angular designs with horizontal bands of alternating orange and tan. Workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped. Clipped weft fag ends are known to occur occasionally on some Cahuilla baskets that have "Mission" style designs.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Southern 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:
height 7.2 centimeters and diameter 29 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70152, described as Coiled. Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular design in light brown on natural ground. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled low sided bowl. Foundation is deer grass bundle. Weft designs in orange juncus and light tan sumac. The wefts have clipped fag ends. Designs are four vertical angular designs with horizontal bands of alternating orange and tan. Workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped. Clipped weft fag ends are known to occur occasionally on some Cahuilla baskets that have "Mission" style designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70152, described as Coiled. Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular design in light brown on natural ground. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled low sided bowl. Foundation is deer grass bundle. Weft designs in orange juncus and light tan sumac. The wefts have clipped fag ends. Designs are four vertical angular designs with horizontal bands of alternating orange and tan. Workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped. Clipped weft fag ends are known to occur occasionally on some Cahuilla baskets that have "Mission" style designs.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70152, described as Coiled. Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular design in light brown on natural ground. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled low sided bowl. Foundation is deer grass bundle. Weft designs in orange juncus and light tan sumac. The wefts have clipped fag ends. Designs are four vertical angular designs with horizontal bands of alternating orange and tan. Workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped. Clipped weft fag ends are known to occur occasionally on some Cahuilla baskets that have "Mission" style designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70152, described as Coiled. Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular design in light brown on natural ground. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled low sided bowl. Foundation is deer grass bundle. Weft designs in orange juncus and light tan sumac. The wefts have clipped fag ends. Designs are four vertical angular designs with horizontal bands of alternating orange and tan. Workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped. Clipped weft fag ends are known to occur occasionally on some Cahuilla baskets that have "Mission" style designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70152, described as Coiled. Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular design in light brown on natural ground. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled low sided bowl. Foundation is deer grass bundle. Weft designs in orange juncus and light tan sumac. The wefts have clipped fag ends. Designs are four vertical angular designs with horizontal bands of alternating orange and tan. Workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The rim is plain wrapped. Clipped weft fag ends are known to occur occasionally on some Cahuilla baskets that have "Mission" style designs.

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