Basket

Museum number:
1-10289
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010289
Alternate number:
505 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Globose in shape. Coiled with a grass bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches. Decoration: 7 concentric, horizontal bands of black triangles alternately pointing towards rim and downwards. Arrowhead motif.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Soulsbyville, Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tuolumne; Soulsbyville
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Brake fern and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 34 centimeters and height 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: White material is called "mutu"; black material is "kepeku". Generic term for the arrowhead motif appearing on basket is "kitceya". "Tcowilla" is the Miwok name for the design which here is colored white. Materials: For further information, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 37. Photo: 15-2778; 15-4968. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 50.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-10289, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Globose in shape. Coiled with a grass bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches. Decoration: 7 concentric, horizontal bands of black triangles alternately pointing towards rim and downwards. Arrowhead motif.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-10289, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Globose in shape. Coiled with a grass bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches. Decoration: 7 concentric, horizontal bands of black triangles alternately pointing towards rim and downwards. Arrowhead motif.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10289, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Globose in shape. Coiled with a grass bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches. Decoration: 7 concentric, horizontal bands of black triangles alternately pointing towards rim and downwards. Arrowhead motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10289, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Globose in shape. Coiled with a grass bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches. Decoration: 7 concentric, horizontal bands of black triangles alternately pointing towards rim and downwards. Arrowhead motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10289, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Globose in shape. Coiled with a grass bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches. Decoration: 7 concentric, horizontal bands of black triangles alternately pointing towards rim and downwards. Arrowhead motif.

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