Basket

Museum number:
1-20934
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
175 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Piute Mountain, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Piute Mountain
Production place:
San Gabriel Mission, Los Angeles County, California
Culture or time period:
Kawaiisu
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Taxon:
Salix, Sporobolus rigens, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1842
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 14.75 inches and width 9 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-21139-40. Published: Figured in Mason's Aboriginal Basketry p. 479, pl. 195. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1 p. 14.
Loans:
S1970-1971 #132: California State University, East Bay/Vera Mae Frederickson (May 17, 1971–April 10, 1972) and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.

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