Basket

Museum number:
1-243006
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3148
Description:
Coiled, 3 rod, bowl shape, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 zigzag diagonals of bracken fern root and split redbud shoot, 5 redbud shoot geometric outlines each encircling a bracken fern root outline of the same shape as the redbud decoration.
Donor:
Estate of Christina B. Cameron
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Culture or time period:
Washo
Collector:
Christina B. Cameron
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 19 centimeters and height 10 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-243006, described as Coiled, 3 rod, bowl shape, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 zigzag diagonals of bracken fern root and split redbud shoot, 5 redbud shoot geometric outlines each encircling a bracken fern root outline of the same shape as the redbud decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-243006, described as Coiled, 3 rod, bowl shape, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 zigzag diagonals of bracken fern root and split redbud shoot, 5 redbud shoot geometric outlines each encircling a bracken fern root outline of the same shape as the redbud decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-243006, described as Coiled, 3 rod, bowl shape, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 zigzag diagonals of bracken fern root and split redbud shoot, 5 redbud shoot geometric outlines each encircling a bracken fern root outline of the same shape as the redbud decoration.

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