Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-28699
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.673
Description:
Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular geometric design in dark and light brown on natural ground, coiled. Tag "Cahuilla att." probably Larry Dawson's handwriting per Ralph Shanks. Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in winnower shape, not used. The materials include a deergrass bundle foundation; sumac weft background and designs in orange juncus outlined by black-dyed juncus. The design is a horizontal zigzag around the side of the basket. Workface is on the interior. Rightward warp direction with bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain-wrapped rim with a herringbone end. There is a hair woven into the basket. Cahuilla attribution is by Larry Dawson is probaly based on the design layout.
Donor:
Frederick J. Moller
Collection place:
Imperial County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Collector:
Annie Moller
Collection date:
1875-1930
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1932
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10.2 centimeters and diameter 37.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-12284
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28699, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular geometric design in dark and light brown on natural ground, coiled. Tag "Cahuilla att." probably Larry Dawson's handwriting per Ralph Shanks. Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in winnower shape, not used. The materials include a deergrass bundle foundation; sumac weft background and designs in orange juncus outlined by black-dyed juncus. The design is a horizontal zigzag around the side of the basket. Workface is on the interior. Rightward warp direction with bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain-wrapped rim with a herringbone end. There is a hair woven into the basket. Cahuilla attribution is by Larry Dawson is probaly based on the design layout.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28699, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular geometric design in dark and light brown on natural ground, coiled. Tag "Cahuilla att." probably Larry Dawson's handwriting per Ralph Shanks. Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in winnower shape, not used. The materials include a deergrass bundle foundation; sumac weft background and designs in orange juncus outlined by black-dyed juncus. The design is a horizontal zigzag around the side of the basket. Workface is on the interior. Rightward warp direction with bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain-wrapped rim with a herringbone end. There is a hair woven into the basket. Cahuilla attribution is by Larry Dawson is probaly based on the design layout.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28699, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular geometric design in dark and light brown on natural ground, coiled. Tag "Cahuilla att." probably Larry Dawson's handwriting per Ralph Shanks. Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in winnower shape, not used. The materials include a deergrass bundle foundation; sumac weft background and designs in orange juncus outlined by black-dyed juncus. The design is a horizontal zigzag around the side of the basket. Workface is on the interior. Rightward warp direction with bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain-wrapped rim with a herringbone end. There is a hair woven into the basket. Cahuilla attribution is by Larry Dawson is probaly based on the design layout.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28699, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, circular geometric design in dark and light brown on natural ground, coiled. Tag "Cahuilla att." probably Larry Dawson's handwriting per Ralph Shanks. Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in winnower shape, not used. The materials include a deergrass bundle foundation; sumac weft background and designs in orange juncus outlined by black-dyed juncus. The design is a horizontal zigzag around the side of the basket. Workface is on the interior. Rightward warp direction with bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain-wrapped rim with a herringbone end. There is a hair woven into the basket. Cahuilla attribution is by Larry Dawson is probaly based on the design layout.

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