Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-230642
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
58 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Plain twined, cylindrical bowl shape. Very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Complex designs in split grass stem overlay on darker ground of tule weft. Warp and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of split grass stem material. Use of grass stem overlay instead of Xerophyllum tenax, and 3-strand braided twining on base are Modoc/Klamath features.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Achumawi and Modoc
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1902
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Receptacle for small household articles. Made by women.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 18 centimeters and height 11 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-230642, described as Plain twined, cylindrical bowl shape. Very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Complex designs in split grass stem overlay on darker ground of tule weft. Warp and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of split grass stem material. Use of grass stem overlay instead of Xerophyllum tenax, and 3-strand braided twining on base are Modoc/Klamath features.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-230642, described as Plain twined, cylindrical bowl shape. Very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Complex designs in split grass stem overlay on darker ground of tule weft. Warp and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of split grass stem material. Use of grass stem overlay instead of Xerophyllum tenax, and 3-strand braided twining on base are Modoc/Klamath features.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-230642, described as Plain twined, cylindrical bowl shape. Very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Complex designs in split grass stem overlay on darker ground of tule weft. Warp and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of split grass stem material. Use of grass stem overlay instead of Xerophyllum tenax, and 3-strand braided twining on base are Modoc/Klamath features.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-230642, described as Plain twined, cylindrical bowl shape. Very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Complex designs in split grass stem overlay on darker ground of tule weft. Warp and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of split grass stem material. Use of grass stem overlay instead of Xerophyllum tenax, and 3-strand braided twining on base are Modoc/Klamath features.

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