Basket

Museum number:
1-10097
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010097
Alternate number:
212 (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:
Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Very deep and triangular in form. Thick reinforcing hoop around rim. Open diagonal twined. No decoration.
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 and for making manzanita cider. Bread and other foods were often stored in these baskets, and Samuel A. Barrett reports their having been suspended from rafters to better protect the food.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 16.5 centimeters and 47.5 centimeters
Comment:
Materials: Cf. also Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 37. Native name and meaning: "tca ma" - generic name for this sort of basket.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-10097, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Very deep and triangular in form. Thick reinforcing hoop around rim. Open diagonal twined. No decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-10097, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Very deep and triangular in form. Thick reinforcing hoop around rim. Open diagonal twined. No decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10097, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Very deep and triangular in form. Thick reinforcing hoop around rim. Open diagonal twined. No decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10097, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Very deep and triangular in form. Thick reinforcing hoop around rim. Open diagonal twined. No decoration.

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