Burden basket

Museum number:
1-22565
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010022565
Alternate number:
5 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.568
Description:
Conical, with elaborate interdigitating zigzag pattern from bottom to top. "Achomawi-Shasta type".
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Central Oregon
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Achumawi, Modoc, and Shasta
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1921
Context of use:
Burden basket
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 53 centimeters, width 43 centimeters, and height 44 centimeters
Comment:
Modoc on the catalog card may refer to Modoc county rather than Modoc culture.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-22565, described as Conical, with elaborate interdigitating zigzag pattern from bottom to top. "Achomawi-Shasta type".Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-22565, described as Conical, with elaborate interdigitating zigzag pattern from bottom to top. "Achomawi-Shasta type".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-22565, described as Conical, with elaborate interdigitating zigzag pattern from bottom to top. "Achomawi-Shasta type".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-22565, described as Conical, with elaborate interdigitating zigzag pattern from bottom to top. "Achomawi-Shasta type".

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