Tray

Museum number:
1-10155
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010155
Alternate number:
274 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Flat, circular, with a grass foundation. Also known as a parcher, this basket has a design composed of three concentric bands of red (redbud) stitches and is of a coiled construction, with grass bundle foundation; non-interlocking stitches.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
American Camp, Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; American Camp
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket trays, Coiled weaving, and Sifters
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a sifter/parcher.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 34.5 centimeters and height 3 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "hetalu". Materials: cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 39. Photo: 15-4967. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 50.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tray, accession number 1-10155, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Flat, circular, with a grass foundation. Also known as a parcher, this basket has a design composed of three concentric bands of red (redbud) stitches and is of a coiled construction, with grass bundle foundation; non-interlocking stitches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tray, accession number 1-10155, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Flat, circular, with a grass foundation. Also known as a parcher, this basket has a design composed of three concentric bands of red (redbud) stitches and is of a coiled construction, with grass bundle foundation; non-interlocking stitches.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tray, accession number 1-10155, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Flat, circular, with a grass foundation. Also known as a parcher, this basket has a design composed of three concentric bands of red (redbud) stitches and is of a coiled construction, with grass bundle foundation; non-interlocking stitches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 1-10155, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Flat, circular, with a grass foundation. Also known as a parcher, this basket has a design composed of three concentric bands of red (redbud) stitches and is of a coiled construction, with grass bundle foundation; non-interlocking stitches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 1-10155, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Flat, circular, with a grass foundation. Also known as a parcher, this basket has a design composed of three concentric bands of red (redbud) stitches and is of a coiled construction, with grass bundle foundation; non-interlocking stitches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 1-10155, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Flat, circular, with a grass foundation. Also known as a parcher, this basket has a design composed of three concentric bands of red (redbud) stitches and is of a coiled construction, with grass bundle foundation; non-interlocking stitches.

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