Basket

Museum number:
1-71207
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: crossing lines of dark red "flying geese" forming diamond-like figures; one column of dark red triangles piled on top of one another. Rim is damaged in several places; basket base shows signs of extensive repair work. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 52 centimeters and height 30 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-71207, described as Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: crossing lines of dark red "flying geese" forming diamond-like figures; one column of dark red triangles piled on top of one another. Rim is damaged in several places; basket base shows signs of extensive repair work. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-71207, described as Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: crossing lines of dark red "flying geese" forming diamond-like figures; one column of dark red triangles piled on top of one another. Rim is damaged in several places; basket base shows signs of extensive repair work. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-71207, described as Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: crossing lines of dark red "flying geese" forming diamond-like figures; one column of dark red triangles piled on top of one another. Rim is damaged in several places; basket base shows signs of extensive repair work. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71207, described as Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: crossing lines of dark red "flying geese" forming diamond-like figures; one column of dark red triangles piled on top of one another. Rim is damaged in several places; basket base shows signs of extensive repair work. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71207, described as Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: crossing lines of dark red "flying geese" forming diamond-like figures; one column of dark red triangles piled on top of one another. Rim is damaged in several places; basket base shows signs of extensive repair work. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.

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