Basket

Museum number:
1-216904
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2485
Description:
Coiled, mixed split and non-interlocking stitch, shallow basin-shaped, leaflike designs in braken fern. Stitch type and materials are aberrant; possibly done by a novice Maidu or a Shastan tribe in imitation of Maidu coiled work.
Donor:
Mary McLain
Collection place:
Prattville, Plumas County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Plumas; Prattville
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Fern Benner and Grace McLain
Collection date:
1880-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Basket, made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 14 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-216904, described as Coiled, mixed split and non-interlocking stitch, shallow basin-shaped, leaflike designs in braken fern. Stitch type and materials are aberrant; possibly done by a novice Maidu or a Shastan tribe in imitation of Maidu coiled work.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-216904, described as Coiled, mixed split and non-interlocking stitch, shallow basin-shaped, leaflike designs in braken fern. Stitch type and materials are aberrant; possibly done by a novice Maidu or a Shastan tribe in imitation of Maidu coiled work.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-216904, described as Coiled, mixed split and non-interlocking stitch, shallow basin-shaped, leaflike designs in braken fern. Stitch type and materials are aberrant; possibly done by a novice Maidu or a Shastan tribe in imitation of Maidu coiled work.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-216904, described as Coiled, mixed split and non-interlocking stitch, shallow basin-shaped, leaflike designs in braken fern. Stitch type and materials are aberrant; possibly done by a novice Maidu or a Shastan tribe in imitation of Maidu coiled work.

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