Grass

Museum number:
1-14023
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
182A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Basketry material, grass (Epicampes rigens).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tulare Lake, Tulare County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tulare; Tulare Lake
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Charles P. Wilcomb
Collection date:
1898-1902
Taxon:
Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used for the warp in Tulare and Inyo basketry.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Grass, accession number 1-14023, described as Basketry material, grass (Epicampes rigens).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grass, accession number 1-14023, described as Basketry material, grass (Epicampes rigens).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grass, accession number 1-14023, described as Basketry material, grass (Epicampes rigens).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grass, accession number 1-14023, described as Basketry material, grass (Epicampes rigens).

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