Miniature basket

Museum number:
2-61803
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Accession number:
Acc.3290
Description:
Small model of a seed catch basket. Tan with 2 brown bands of design: diagonal lines and groups of 3 triangles extending from diagonal lines. Diagonal twining technique; warp and weft strands are willow shoots; design strands are willow shoots with inner bark showing. Poor condition: severe tear to base, broken rim. Mended.
Donor:
Anne Protopopoff
Collection place:
Nevada
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute
Collector:
Mrs. George A. Hooper
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Willow shoots
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Model of a seed catch basket. Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 24 centimeters and 24 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Severe tear repaired with mulberry bark paper patch; rim glued. See accession file.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 2-61803, described as Small model of a seed catch basket. Tan with 2 brown bands of design: diagonal lines and groups of 3 triangles extending from diagonal lines. Diagonal twining technique; warp and weft strands are willow shoots; design strands are willow shoots with inner bark showing. Poor condition: severe tear to base, broken rim. Mended.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 2-61803, described as Small model of a seed catch basket. Tan with 2 brown bands of design: diagonal lines and groups of 3 triangles extending from diagonal lines. Diagonal twining technique; warp and weft strands are willow shoots; design strands are willow shoots with inner bark showing. Poor condition: severe tear to base, broken rim. Mended.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 2-61803, described as Small model of a seed catch basket. Tan with 2 brown bands of design: diagonal lines and groups of 3 triangles extending from diagonal lines. Diagonal twining technique; warp and weft strands are willow shoots; design strands are willow shoots with inner bark showing. Poor condition: severe tear to base, broken rim. Mended.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 2-61803, described as Small model of a seed catch basket. Tan with 2 brown bands of design: diagonal lines and groups of 3 triangles extending from diagonal lines. Diagonal twining technique; warp and weft strands are willow shoots; design strands are willow shoots with inner bark showing. Poor condition: severe tear to base, broken rim. Mended.

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