Basket

Museum number:
1-157455
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2072
Description:
Coiled basket; basin shape; ascending step designs and upper horizontal band of steps in black on pale yellow ground; Juncus rush yellow and black, sumac white; grass bundle foundation. Belonged to Ochoa family at La Puente since before 1804; possibly from local Indians of village of Awi, near La Puente; is typologically like other known Gabrielino baskets. See accession envelope for maps showing location of Awi village.
Donor:
David S. Boloyan
Collection place:
Awi (historical village), La Puente, San Gabriel Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Los Angeles; Awi
Culture or time period:
Tongva
Collector:
Ochoa Family
Collection date:
1700-1804
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1700-1803
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
whole— height 3.5 inches and whole— diameter 17 inches
Comment:
An extremely rare and valuable specimen; very few Gabrielino baskets in existence; see acc. envelope for maps showing location of Awi village." Published: Illus. in The Indians of Los Angeles County, S.W. Museum Papers, no. 21; 1968, p. 28.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-157455, described as Coiled basket; basin shape; ascending step designs and upper horizontal band of steps in black on pale yellow ground; Juncus rush yellow and black, sumac white; grass bundle foundation. Belonged to Ochoa family at La Puente since before 1804; possibly from local Indians of village of Awi, near La Puente; is typologically like other known Gabrielino baskets. See accession envelope for maps showing location of Awi village.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-157455, described as Coiled basket; basin shape; ascending step designs and upper horizontal band of steps in black on pale yellow ground; Juncus rush yellow and black, sumac white; grass bundle foundation. Belonged to Ochoa family at La Puente since before 1804; possibly from local Indians of village of Awi, near La Puente; is typologically like other known Gabrielino baskets. See accession envelope for maps showing location of Awi village.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-157455, described as Coiled basket; basin shape; ascending step designs and upper horizontal band of steps in black on pale yellow ground; Juncus rush yellow and black, sumac white; grass bundle foundation. Belonged to Ochoa family at La Puente since before 1804; possibly from local Indians of village of Awi, near La Puente; is typologically like other known Gabrielino baskets. See accession envelope for maps showing location of Awi village.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-157455, described as Coiled basket; basin shape; ascending step designs and upper horizontal band of steps in black on pale yellow ground; Juncus rush yellow and black, sumac white; grass bundle foundation. Belonged to Ochoa family at La Puente since before 1804; possibly from local Indians of village of Awi, near La Puente; is typologically like other known Gabrielino baskets. See accession envelope for maps showing location of Awi village.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-157455, described as Coiled basket; basin shape; ascending step designs and upper horizontal band of steps in black on pale yellow ground; Juncus rush yellow and black, sumac white; grass bundle foundation. Belonged to Ochoa family at La Puente since before 1804; possibly from local Indians of village of Awi, near La Puente; is typologically like other known Gabrielino baskets. See accession envelope for maps showing location of Awi village.

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