Basket

Museum number:
1-236859
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010236859
Alternate number:
1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, and Acc.2802
Description:
Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Ahwahnee, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Madera; Ahwahnee
Culture or time period:
Southern Sierra Miwok
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1906 and 1971
Context of use:
For boiling mush for feasts. Also sometimes used to wash a newborn child in.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 53 centimeters and diameter 75 centimeters
Loans:
S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.

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