Basket

Museum number:
1-71449
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: 6 diagonal lines of dark brown solid diamonds extending the height of the basket. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches and frequent split stitching (stitches split on interior face). Herringbone border stitch at rim. Made with cladium root and bracken fern root.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Taxon:
Cladium
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 12.5 centimeters and diameter 25.5 centimeters
Comment:
This diamond motif was described as "rare" by Samuel A. Barrett (cf. fig. 74 in "Miwok Material Culture").
Loans:
S2008-2009 #1: Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwok Indians (September 4, 2008–December 1, 2011)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-71449, described as Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: 6 diagonal lines of dark brown solid diamonds extending the height of the basket. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches and frequent split stitching (stitches split on interior face). Herringbone border stitch at rim. Made with cladium root and bracken fern root.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-71449, described as Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: 6 diagonal lines of dark brown solid diamonds extending the height of the basket. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches and frequent split stitching (stitches split on interior face). Herringbone border stitch at rim. Made with cladium root and bracken fern root.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-71449, described as Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: 6 diagonal lines of dark brown solid diamonds extending the height of the basket. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches and frequent split stitching (stitches split on interior face). Herringbone border stitch at rim. Made with cladium root and bracken fern root.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71449, described as Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: 6 diagonal lines of dark brown solid diamonds extending the height of the basket. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches and frequent split stitching (stitches split on interior face). Herringbone border stitch at rim. Made with cladium root and bracken fern root.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71449, described as Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: 6 diagonal lines of dark brown solid diamonds extending the height of the basket. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches and frequent split stitching (stitches split on interior face). Herringbone border stitch at rim. Made with cladium root and bracken fern root.

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