Basket bowl

Museum number:
1-16588
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Accession number:
Acc.399
Description:
Basket bowl; twined. Willow (Salix sp.) warp (?). Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Background overlay is white bear grass. Black dye is Maidenhair (Adiantum), red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia).
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Salt Creek, Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Salt Creek
Culture or time period:
Achumawi
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
November 1910
Materials:
Bear grass, Conifer root, Fern, Grass (plant material), and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Adiantum, Pinophyta, Salix, Woodwardia, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1910
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10.8 centimeters and diameter 14.3 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 5.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket bowl, accession number 1-16588, described as Basket bowl; twined. Willow (Salix sp.) warp (?). Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Background overlay is white bear grass. Black dye is Maidenhair (Adiantum), red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket bowl, accession number 1-16588, described as Basket bowl; twined. Willow (Salix sp.) warp (?). Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Background overlay is white bear grass. Black dye is Maidenhair (Adiantum), red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket bowl, accession number 1-16588, described as Basket bowl; twined. Willow (Salix sp.) warp (?). Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Background overlay is white bear grass. Black dye is Maidenhair (Adiantum), red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket bowl, accession number 1-16588, described as Basket bowl; twined. Willow (Salix sp.) warp (?). Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Background overlay is white bear grass. Black dye is Maidenhair (Adiantum), red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia).

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