Water storage basket

Museum number:
1-19713a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
43 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.499
Description:
Twined pitched water jar with pointed base. (a) Jar (b) Fiber bundle.
Donor:
Edward W. Gifford and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Loraine, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Loraine
Culture or time period:
Kawaiisu
Collector:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection date:
December 1915
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
(a) Water jar. (b) Used as a stopper.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Water storage basket, accession number 1-19713a,b, described as Twined pitched water jar with pointed base. (a) Jar (b) Fiber bundle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Water storage basket, accession number 1-19713a,b, described as Twined pitched water jar with pointed base. (a) Jar (b) Fiber bundle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water storage basket, accession number 1-19713a,b, described as Twined pitched water jar with pointed base. (a) Jar (b) Fiber bundle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water storage basket, accession number 1-19713a,b, described as Twined pitched water jar with pointed base. (a) Jar (b) Fiber bundle.

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