Burden basket

Museum number:
1-216889
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Accession number:
Acc.2485
Description:
Conical twined seed-gathering, with blue and white glass bead carrying cord, diamond design.
Donor:
Mary McLain
Collection place:
Prattville, Plumas County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Plumas; Prattville
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Fern Benner and Grace McLain
Collection date:
1880-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Seed-gathering basket, made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 25.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216889, described as Conical twined seed-gathering, with blue and white glass bead carrying cord, diamond design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216889, described as Conical twined seed-gathering, with blue and white glass bead carrying cord, diamond design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216889, described as Conical twined seed-gathering, with blue and white glass bead carrying cord, diamond design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216889, described as Conical twined seed-gathering, with blue and white glass bead carrying cord, diamond design.

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