Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-71059
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010071059
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Twined, bowl shape with incurving rim. Per Ralph Shanks: Materials are shoot warps, conifer root weft, overlay background is beargrass, and overlay design in redbud. Design includes four diagonal bands of crosses and three larger diagonal bands of deer rib designs. Basket is primarily plain twined with starting knot surrounded by three strand twining. Up to the right slant of weft twist. Designs suggest possible Atsugewi attribution although it could be Achumawi.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Atsugewi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 8 inches and height 6 inches
Loans:
S1966-1967 #38: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (December 2, 1966–December 2, 1966) and S1967-1968 #110: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (April 1, 1968–April 29, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71059, described as Twined, bowl shape with incurving rim. Per Ralph Shanks: Materials are shoot warps, conifer root weft, overlay background is beargrass, and overlay design in redbud. Design includes four diagonal bands of crosses and three larger diagonal bands of deer rib designs. Basket is primarily plain twined with starting knot surrounded by three strand twining. Up to the right slant of weft twist. Designs suggest possible Atsugewi attribution although it could be Achumawi.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71059, described as Twined, bowl shape with incurving rim. Per Ralph Shanks: Materials are shoot warps, conifer root weft, overlay background is beargrass, and overlay design in redbud. Design includes four diagonal bands of crosses and three larger diagonal bands of deer rib designs. Basket is primarily plain twined with starting knot surrounded by three strand twining. Up to the right slant of weft twist. Designs suggest possible Atsugewi attribution although it could be Achumawi.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71059, described as Twined, bowl shape with incurving rim. Per Ralph Shanks: Materials are shoot warps, conifer root weft, overlay background is beargrass, and overlay design in redbud. Design includes four diagonal bands of crosses and three larger diagonal bands of deer rib designs. Basket is primarily plain twined with starting knot surrounded by three strand twining. Up to the right slant of weft twist. Designs suggest possible Atsugewi attribution although it could be Achumawi.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71059, described as Twined, bowl shape with incurving rim. Per Ralph Shanks: Materials are shoot warps, conifer root weft, overlay background is beargrass, and overlay design in redbud. Design includes four diagonal bands of crosses and three larger diagonal bands of deer rib designs. Basket is primarily plain twined with starting knot surrounded by three strand twining. Up to the right slant of weft twist. Designs suggest possible Atsugewi attribution although it could be Achumawi.

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