Burden basket

Museum number:
1-243016
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3148
Description:
Twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern root, diamond shape band of winter peeled willow, flat bottom version of traditional burden basket, twine wrapped around rim, small break on one side of rim.
Donor:
Estate of Christina B. Cameron
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Culture or time period:
Washo
Collector:
Christina B. Cameron
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Wastebasket. Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 37 centimeters and diameter 36 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-243016, described as Twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern root, diamond shape band of winter peeled willow, flat bottom version of traditional burden basket, twine wrapped around rim, small break on one side of rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-243016, described as Twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern root, diamond shape band of winter peeled willow, flat bottom version of traditional burden basket, twine wrapped around rim, small break on one side of rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-243016, described as Twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern root, diamond shape band of winter peeled willow, flat bottom version of traditional burden basket, twine wrapped around rim, small break on one side of rim.

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