Mortar basket

Museum number:
1-11886
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1013 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Mortar basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood (Cornus florida), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Willow hoop (Salix) bound with grape (Vitus californica), lowest rounds coated with Redbud bark.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Materials:
Conifer root, Dogwood (wood), Grape root, Redbud bark, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Cornus florida, Pinophyta, Salix, and Vitis californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving, Mortar baskets (baskets by function), and Mortar baskets (food processing)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 48.5 centimeters and height 15.8 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes: p. 8. From old Yuki woman. basket" Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 P. 88.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11886, described as Mortar basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood (Cornus florida), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Willow hoop (Salix) bound with grape (Vitus californica), lowest rounds coated with Redbud bark.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11886, described as Mortar basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood (Cornus florida), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Willow hoop (Salix) bound with grape (Vitus californica), lowest rounds coated with Redbud bark.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11886, described as Mortar basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood (Cornus florida), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Willow hoop (Salix) bound with grape (Vitus californica), lowest rounds coated with Redbud bark.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11886, described as Mortar basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood (Cornus florida), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Willow hoop (Salix) bound with grape (Vitus californica), lowest rounds coated with Redbud bark.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11886, described as Mortar basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood (Cornus florida), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Willow hoop (Salix) bound with grape (Vitus californica), lowest rounds coated with Redbud bark.

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