Canoe shaped basket

Museum number:
1-10351
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
573 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Boat-shaped; coiled. Decoration: double bands of red horizontal zigzags arranged in a diagonal layout, in redbud. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Bear Creek, Mariposa County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Bear Creek
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Maple (wood) and Redbud
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum, Cercis occidentalis, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
26.5 centimeters and height 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "oyi" - basket type; "paiwa" - white (weft) material; "tapatapa" - redbud. Materials: For further information, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 37. Photo: 15-4970. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 47; Bureau of American Ethnology, Bull. 78, pl. 76.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 1-10351, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Boat-shaped; coiled. Decoration: double bands of red horizontal zigzags arranged in a diagonal layout, in redbud. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 1-10351, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Boat-shaped; coiled. Decoration: double bands of red horizontal zigzags arranged in a diagonal layout, in redbud. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 1-10351, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Boat-shaped; coiled. Decoration: double bands of red horizontal zigzags arranged in a diagonal layout, in redbud. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 1-10351, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Boat-shaped; coiled. Decoration: double bands of red horizontal zigzags arranged in a diagonal layout, in redbud. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 1-10351, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Boat-shaped; coiled. Decoration: double bands of red horizontal zigzags arranged in a diagonal layout, in redbud. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.

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