Racket

Museum number:
1-10363a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210110363a@2cb
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:
Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Avery, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Avery
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
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:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
These baskets are models of the anta, used in playing a women's basketball game.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
b— width 17.5 centimeters, b— length 42 centimeters, a— length 42 centimeters, and a— width 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: Small and triangular in form known as "anta". Materials: cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 37. Photo: 15-5976. Published: Milwaukee Publ. Museum Bull. v. 2, pl. 55.
Loans:
S1984-1985 #3: University of California, Berkeley (August 30, 1984–January 4, 1985) and S2004-2005 #1: Grace Hudson Museum (July 30, 2004–December 1, 2004)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Racket, accession number 1-10363a,b, described as Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Racket, accession number 1-10363a,b, described as Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Racket, accession number 1-10363a,b, described as Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Racket, accession number 1-10363a,b, described as Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Racket, accession number 1-10363a,b, described as Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Racket, accession number 1-10363a,b, described as Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Racket, accession number 1-10363a,b, described as Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Racket, accession number 1-10363a,b, described as Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Racket, accession number 1-10363a,b, described as Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Racket, accession number 1-10363a,b, described as Basket racket; warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Open plain twined, peeled shoots, with no decoration.

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