Basket

Museum number:
1-71079
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Twined, wide mouth, sloping sides. Per Ralph Shanks: In the shape of cooking pot but doesn't appear used. Three strand twining at the base and plain twined on sides. Warp sticks are probably hazel. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are maidenhair fern. Designs are various eight sided star patterns. These designs are probably borrowed from beadwork or trade blanket designs.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Atsugewi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9 inches and diameter 13 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-71079, described as Twined, wide mouth, sloping sides. Per Ralph Shanks: In the shape of cooking pot but doesn't appear used. Three strand twining at the base and plain twined on sides. Warp sticks are probably hazel. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are maidenhair fern. Designs are various eight sided star patterns. These designs are probably borrowed from beadwork or trade blanket designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-71079, described as Twined, wide mouth, sloping sides. Per Ralph Shanks: In the shape of cooking pot but doesn't appear used. Three strand twining at the base and plain twined on sides. Warp sticks are probably hazel. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are maidenhair fern. Designs are various eight sided star patterns. These designs are probably borrowed from beadwork or trade blanket designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71079, described as Twined, wide mouth, sloping sides. Per Ralph Shanks: In the shape of cooking pot but doesn't appear used. Three strand twining at the base and plain twined on sides. Warp sticks are probably hazel. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are maidenhair fern. Designs are various eight sided star patterns. These designs are probably borrowed from beadwork or trade blanket designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71079, described as Twined, wide mouth, sloping sides. Per Ralph Shanks: In the shape of cooking pot but doesn't appear used. Three strand twining at the base and plain twined on sides. Warp sticks are probably hazel. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are maidenhair fern. Designs are various eight sided star patterns. These designs are probably borrowed from beadwork or trade blanket designs.

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