Receptacle basket

Museum number:

1-10098

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010010098

Alternate number:

213 (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:

Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Sheep Ranch, Calaveras County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Calaveras; Sheep Ranch

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Maker or artist:

Limpy

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Maple (wood) and Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Acer macrophyllum and Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Used as a general receptacle, to put bread, etc. in. Also suspended from rafters to as to protect its contents.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

47 centimeters and length 57 centimeters

Comment:

Context of use: See 1-10097. Materials: Cf. also Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 37. Native name and meaning: tcama - generic name for this sort of basket. Photo: 15-2782; 15-9110. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 53.

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