Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-70172
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
Mis 73 (additional number, Found on sticker on bottom of basket)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, plate shape. Tag "72 [scratched out] or 73 Insurance list both Mission S Calif". Sticker "Mis 73". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled shallow bowl with steeply flaring sides. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are primarily black-dyed juncus, sumac, and some un-dyed juncus. The basket is primarily woven in black-dyed juncus. The design is a light central five pointed star and 10 light geometric designs on the sides. The basket has a pin-hole starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The coil ending is tapered.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
Capital Life Insurance Company list
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 10 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70172, described as Coiled, plate shape. Tag "72 [scratched out] or 73 Insurance list both Mission S Calif". Sticker "Mis 73". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled shallow bowl with steeply flaring sides. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are primarily black-dyed juncus, sumac, and some un-dyed juncus. The basket is primarily woven in black-dyed juncus. The design is a light central five pointed star and 10 light geometric designs on the sides. The basket has a pin-hole starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The coil ending is tapered.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70172, described as Coiled, plate shape. Tag "72 [scratched out] or 73 Insurance list both Mission S Calif". Sticker "Mis 73". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled shallow bowl with steeply flaring sides. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are primarily black-dyed juncus, sumac, and some un-dyed juncus. The basket is primarily woven in black-dyed juncus. The design is a light central five pointed star and 10 light geometric designs on the sides. The basket has a pin-hole starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The coil ending is tapered.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70172, described as Coiled, plate shape. Tag "72 [scratched out] or 73 Insurance list both Mission S Calif". Sticker "Mis 73". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled shallow bowl with steeply flaring sides. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are primarily black-dyed juncus, sumac, and some un-dyed juncus. The basket is primarily woven in black-dyed juncus. The design is a light central five pointed star and 10 light geometric designs on the sides. The basket has a pin-hole starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The coil ending is tapered.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70172, described as Coiled, plate shape. Tag "72 [scratched out] or 73 Insurance list both Mission S Calif". Sticker "Mis 73". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled shallow bowl with steeply flaring sides. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are primarily black-dyed juncus, sumac, and some un-dyed juncus. The basket is primarily woven in black-dyed juncus. The design is a light central five pointed star and 10 light geometric designs on the sides. The basket has a pin-hole starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The coil ending is tapered.

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