Basket

Museum number:
1-233706
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3015
Description:
Oval twined, with handles. Warp is willow shoots, wefts same, with overlays of Xerophyllum tenax (light) and Woodwardia fern stems (2 darker colors). Main body design has "pyramids," some inverted.
Donor:
Charles Brockhoff and Lucia Brockhoff
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Karuk
Collector:
Mrs. Brizzer
Collection date:
1910
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Sold as tourist novelty.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 30.6 centimeters and length 40 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-233706, described as Oval twined, with handles. Warp is willow shoots, wefts same, with overlays of Xerophyllum tenax (light) and Woodwardia fern stems (2 darker colors). Main body design has "pyramids," some inverted.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-233706, described as Oval twined, with handles. Warp is willow shoots, wefts same, with overlays of Xerophyllum tenax (light) and Woodwardia fern stems (2 darker colors). Main body design has "pyramids," some inverted.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-233706, described as Oval twined, with handles. Warp is willow shoots, wefts same, with overlays of Xerophyllum tenax (light) and Woodwardia fern stems (2 darker colors). Main body design has "pyramids," some inverted.

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