Basket

Museum number:
1-255345
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3777
Description:
Coiled, 7 columnar repeats of cactus-like design with stylized anthropomorphic figure with down-bent arms and legs above. Design in red and black-dyed material on natural ground. Flat bottom, slightly flaring sides. Materials: split willow shoots, Scirpus root colored by being buried in mud.
Donor:
Margaret O'Connell
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Panamint
Collector:
Thomas C. Murphy
Collection date:
1900-1931
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for sale basket with "innovative" design.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 21.5 centimeters and height 12 centimeters
Comment:
References: "see letter in acc. env.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-255345, described as Coiled, 7 columnar repeats of cactus-like design with stylized anthropomorphic figure with down-bent arms and legs above. Design in red and black-dyed material on natural ground. Flat bottom, slightly flaring sides. Materials: split willow shoots, Scirpus root colored by being buried in mud.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-255345, described as Coiled, 7 columnar repeats of cactus-like design with stylized anthropomorphic figure with down-bent arms and legs above. Design in red and black-dyed material on natural ground. Flat bottom, slightly flaring sides. Materials: split willow shoots, Scirpus root colored by being buried in mud.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-255345, described as Coiled, 7 columnar repeats of cactus-like design with stylized anthropomorphic figure with down-bent arms and legs above. Design in red and black-dyed material on natural ground. Flat bottom, slightly flaring sides. Materials: split willow shoots, Scirpus root colored by being buried in mud.

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