Basket

Museum number:
1-230639
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010230639
Alternate number:
25 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Plain-twined, shallow basin shape, very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Entirely covered with complex designs in black on ground of beargrass overlay. Wrap and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material. Bast cordage around start.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Likely Rancheria, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Likely Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Achumawi
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1902
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
General receptacle, winnower, and for food preparation. Made by women.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 43 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-230639, described as Plain-twined, shallow basin shape, very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Entirely covered with complex designs in black on ground of beargrass overlay. Wrap and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material. Bast cordage around start.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-230639, described as Plain-twined, shallow basin shape, very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Entirely covered with complex designs in black on ground of beargrass overlay. Wrap and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material. Bast cordage around start.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-230639, described as Plain-twined, shallow basin shape, very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Entirely covered with complex designs in black on ground of beargrass overlay. Wrap and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material. Bast cordage around start.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230639, described as Plain-twined, shallow basin shape, very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Entirely covered with complex designs in black on ground of beargrass overlay. Wrap and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material. Bast cordage around start.

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