Bottle

Museum number:
1-71074
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010071074
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Basketry covered bottle, twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Achumawi or Atsugewi. Lid is missing. Handle is loose, partially has been sewn back on. Conifer root weft, beargrass overlay maidenhair fern for designs. Designs include star pattern at the shoulder, stripes at the neck. Three strand twining at base and neck, and rim of base is coiled for stability. Most of basket is plain twining. Basket appears used.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Achumawi and Atsugewi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Bottles, Coiled weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9 inches and diameter 4 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bottle, accession number 1-71074, described as Basketry covered bottle, twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Achumawi or Atsugewi. Lid is missing. Handle is loose, partially has been sewn back on. Conifer root weft, beargrass overlay maidenhair fern for designs. Designs include star pattern at the shoulder, stripes at the neck. Three strand twining at base and neck, and rim of base is coiled for stability. Most of basket is plain twining. Basket appears used.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bottle, accession number 1-71074, described as Basketry covered bottle, twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Achumawi or Atsugewi. Lid is missing. Handle is loose, partially has been sewn back on. Conifer root weft, beargrass overlay maidenhair fern for designs. Designs include star pattern at the shoulder, stripes at the neck. Three strand twining at base and neck, and rim of base is coiled for stability. Most of basket is plain twining. Basket appears used.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 1-71074, described as Basketry covered bottle, twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Achumawi or Atsugewi. Lid is missing. Handle is loose, partially has been sewn back on. Conifer root weft, beargrass overlay maidenhair fern for designs. Designs include star pattern at the shoulder, stripes at the neck. Three strand twining at base and neck, and rim of base is coiled for stability. Most of basket is plain twining. Basket appears used.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 1-71074, described as Basketry covered bottle, twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Achumawi or Atsugewi. Lid is missing. Handle is loose, partially has been sewn back on. Conifer root weft, beargrass overlay maidenhair fern for designs. Designs include star pattern at the shoulder, stripes at the neck. Three strand twining at base and neck, and rim of base is coiled for stability. Most of basket is plain twining. Basket appears used.

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