Miniature basket

Museum number:
1-243019
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3148
Description:
Miniature version of conical burden basket, twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 3 bands of bracken fern root, one with redbud shoot, one with winter peeled willow, rim wrapped with winter peeled willow, one handle of twine partially wrapped with willow.
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:
Baskets (containers), Miniature (size attribute), and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for sale. Handle for hanging on wall?
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 26 centimeters and diameter 23 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-243019, described as Miniature version of conical burden basket, twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 3 bands of bracken fern root, one with redbud shoot, one with winter peeled willow, rim wrapped with winter peeled willow, one handle of twine partially wrapped with willow.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-243019, described as Miniature version of conical burden basket, twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 3 bands of bracken fern root, one with redbud shoot, one with winter peeled willow, rim wrapped with winter peeled willow, one handle of twine partially wrapped with willow.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-243019, described as Miniature version of conical burden basket, twined, split/unsplit willow shoots, 3 bands of bracken fern root, one with redbud shoot, one with winter peeled willow, rim wrapped with winter peeled willow, one handle of twine partially wrapped with willow.

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