Basket

Museum number:
1-20938
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010020938
Alternate number:
202 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Yucca root. Red pattern is Yucca, White pattern is Willow (Salix).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Piute Mountain, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Piute Mountain
Culture or time period:
Kawaiisu
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Taxon:
Salix, Sporobolus rigens, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 4.5 inches and length 6 inches
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 14.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-20938, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Yucca root. Red pattern is Yucca, White pattern is Willow (Salix).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-20938, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Yucca root. Red pattern is Yucca, White pattern is Willow (Salix).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20938, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Yucca root. Red pattern is Yucca, White pattern is Willow (Salix).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20938, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Yucca root. Red pattern is Yucca, White pattern is Willow (Salix).

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