Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-230643
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
35 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Plain twined, pedestal based bowl shape, designs composed of black triangles on ground of beargrass overlay. Willow shoot warp, pine root weft. Willow (?) shoot warp, pine root weft, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Likely Rancheria, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Likely Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Achumawi
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1902
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Novelty basket made for sale. Made by women.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 17 centimeters and diameter 22 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-230643, described as Plain twined, pedestal based bowl shape, designs composed of black triangles on ground of beargrass overlay. Willow shoot warp, pine root weft. Willow (?) shoot warp, pine root weft, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-230643, described as Plain twined, pedestal based bowl shape, designs composed of black triangles on ground of beargrass overlay. Willow shoot warp, pine root weft. Willow (?) shoot warp, pine root weft, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-230643, described as Plain twined, pedestal based bowl shape, designs composed of black triangles on ground of beargrass overlay. Willow shoot warp, pine root weft. Willow (?) shoot warp, pine root weft, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material.

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