Burden basket

Museum number:
1-71505
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Burden basket, plain openwork twined. There is a reinforcing hoop about halfway down and a large cloth (denim) strap is woven in. Basket is without decoration. In state of disrepair - rim is broken and point is missing.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok and Washo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Used in transporting harvested food products such as seeds.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 82 centimeters and diameter 67 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71505, described as Burden basket, plain openwork twined. There is a reinforcing hoop about halfway down and a large cloth (denim) strap is woven in. Basket is without decoration. In state of disrepair - rim is broken and point is missing.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71505, described as Burden basket, plain openwork twined. There is a reinforcing hoop about halfway down and a large cloth (denim) strap is woven in. Basket is without decoration. In state of disrepair - rim is broken and point is missing.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71505, described as Burden basket, plain openwork twined. There is a reinforcing hoop about halfway down and a large cloth (denim) strap is woven in. Basket is without decoration. In state of disrepair - rim is broken and point is missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71505, described as Burden basket, plain openwork twined. There is a reinforcing hoop about halfway down and a large cloth (denim) strap is woven in. Basket is without decoration. In state of disrepair - rim is broken and point is missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71505, described as Burden basket, plain openwork twined. There is a reinforcing hoop about halfway down and a large cloth (denim) strap is woven in. Basket is without decoration. In state of disrepair - rim is broken and point is missing.

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