Basket

Museum number:
1-225481
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010225481
Accession number:
Acc.2747
Description:
Coiled, squat globular shape. Triangular designs in brackenfern root and redbud.
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Washo
Maker or artist:
Maggie Mayo James
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
1956-1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Production date:
1890-1952
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9.5 centimeters and diameter 11.5 centimeters
Comment:
Marvin Cohodas thinks (June 1978) made by Maggie Mayo James. Washo attribution.
Loans:
S1978-1979 #72: University of British Columbia (June 28, 1979–October 22, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-225481, described as Coiled, squat globular shape. Triangular designs in brackenfern root and redbud.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-225481, described as Coiled, squat globular shape. Triangular designs in brackenfern root and redbud.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-225481, described as Coiled, squat globular shape. Triangular designs in brackenfern root and redbud.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-225481, described as Coiled, squat globular shape. Triangular designs in brackenfern root and redbud.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-225481, described as Coiled, squat globular shape. Triangular designs in brackenfern root and redbud.

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