Tobacco basket

Museum number:
1-4011
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Alternate number:
1009 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.114
Description:
Tobacco basket; coiled. Warp is tule (Schoenoplectus heterochaetus), weft is string.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
from the Chukchansi at Picyuna (Katanin) 5 m from coarse Gold, Madera county.
Culture or time period:
Chukchansi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
January 8-17, 1904
Materials:
Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For tobacco, etc.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 21 centimeters, length 12 centimeters, and width 22.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4966. Published: BAE B 78 pl 50. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 6.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-4011, described as Tobacco basket; coiled. Warp is tule (Schoenoplectus heterochaetus), weft is string.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-4011, described as Tobacco basket; coiled. Warp is tule (Schoenoplectus heterochaetus), weft is string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-4011, described as Tobacco basket; coiled. Warp is tule (Schoenoplectus heterochaetus), weft is string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-4011, described as Tobacco basket; coiled. Warp is tule (Schoenoplectus heterochaetus), weft is string.

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