Tray

Museum number:
1-10620
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.248
Description:
Very old flat coiled sifing tray.
Donor:
Constance Goddard DuBois
Collection place:
La Jolla, San Diego, San Diego County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; La Jolla
Culture or time period:
Luiseño
Collector:
Constance Goddard DuBois
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Trays
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
This basket was used in all Chimgitchnish ceremonies. Grain, sacred pipes, etc, were placed upon it. Each initiate (man) possessed one.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 37 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "It is believed that in ancient times this basket, as well as Tam - yush (sacred toloache bowl) would run by itself in the march from the drinking place to the main place in the Toloache Fiesta.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (June 1, 1976–June 1, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tray, accession number 1-10620, described as Very old flat coiled sifing tray.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tray, accession number 1-10620, described as Very old flat coiled sifing tray.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 1-10620, described as Very old flat coiled sifing tray.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 1-10620, described as Very old flat coiled sifing tray.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 1-10620, described as Very old flat coiled sifing tray.

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