Cooking basket

Museum number:
1-10494
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010494
Alternate number:
241 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Very old and much worn flaring 3 stick basket with black design.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
West Point, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Washo, obtained from Miwok at West Point, Calaveras county
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok and Washo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Brake fern, Redbud, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Cooking baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Published: "UC PAAE 31 #2, pl 12 a". For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 44.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10494, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Very old and much worn flaring 3 stick basket with black design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10494, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Very old and much worn flaring 3 stick basket with black design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10494, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Very old and much worn flaring 3 stick basket with black design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10494, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Very old and much worn flaring 3 stick basket with black design.

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