Basket

Museum number:
1-10002
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010002
Alternate number:
111 (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:
Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Large and flattish. Woven using "openwork technique.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Rich Gulch, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Rich Gulch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Captain McKenzie and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Hazel shoots and Maple (wood)
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum and Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 45 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: tcama. Photo: 15-2782, 15-9110. Published: Milw. Pub. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 53.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-10002, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Large and flattish. Woven using "openwork technique.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-10002, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Large and flattish. Woven using "openwork technique.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10002, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Large and flattish. Woven using "openwork technique.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10002, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Large and flattish. Woven using "openwork technique.

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