Carrying basket

Museum number:
1-10108
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010108
Alternate number:
224 (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:
Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Simple twined weave making use of just a single rod.
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:
Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Production date:
ca. 1894
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used to transport seeds and other food products.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 50.9 centimeters and height 33 centimeters
Comment:
Said to have been in a "very old and dilapidated" state when collected". "Samuel A. Barrett reported that this was the only "specimen of this kind of weave" which he came across in the Miwok area". For materials, cf. Supplemental Cat. 1, p. 41. Native name and meaning: tcikele.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10108, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Simple twined weave making use of just a single rod.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10108, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Simple twined weave making use of just a single rod.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10108, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Simple twined weave making use of just a single rod.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10108, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Simple twined weave making use of just a single rod.

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