Basket

Museum number:
1-39560
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010039560
Accession number:
Acc.1938U
Description:
Conical basket. Leather patch lashed with thongs to base as repair. Twined openwork, willow sticks, and weft.
Donor:
Ott Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
Gardnerville, Douglas County, Nevada
Culture or time period:
Washo
Collector:
Ott Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
April 6, 1938
Context of use:
Found in branches of pinon tree (Pinus monophylla). Used as burden basket when gathering pinon cones.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 81.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1973-1974 #67: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Colin L. Busby (March 4, 1974–April 23, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-39560, described as Conical basket. Leather patch lashed with thongs to base as repair. Twined openwork, willow sticks, and weft.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-39560, described as Conical basket. Leather patch lashed with thongs to base as repair. Twined openwork, willow sticks, and weft.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-39560, described as Conical basket. Leather patch lashed with thongs to base as repair. Twined openwork, willow sticks, and weft.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-39560, described as Conical basket. Leather patch lashed with thongs to base as repair. Twined openwork, willow sticks, and weft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-39560, described as Conical basket. Leather patch lashed with thongs to base as repair. Twined openwork, willow sticks, and weft.

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