Cooking basket

Museum number:
1-10067
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010067
Alternate number:
175 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens) and Maple (Acer macrophyllum), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Decoration: horizontal zigzag design.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Angels Camp
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Manuella
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Brake fern, Maple (wood), and Redbud
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum, Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Cooking baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used to serve food or cook in.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 20 centimeters and diameter 28 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "hima". Materials, techniques: cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 37. Photo: 15-5972. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 46.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #149: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Albert B. Elsasser (June 24, 1968–June 24, 1968), S1969-1970 #3: University of California, Berkeley (July 7, 1969–December 14, 1970), S1970-1971 #67: Urban Studies Center (January 21, 1971–January 22, 1971), and S1970-1971 #97: Urban Studies Center/Judith Stephens (March 9, 1971–May 28, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10067, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens) and Maple (Acer macrophyllum), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Decoration: horizontal zigzag design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10067, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens) and Maple (Acer macrophyllum), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Decoration: horizontal zigzag design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10067, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens) and Maple (Acer macrophyllum), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Decoration: horizontal zigzag design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10067, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens) and Maple (Acer macrophyllum), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Decoration: horizontal zigzag design.

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