Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-20970
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
154 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). 2 concentric bands, lower one with red and white diamonds set in a black field, the upper consisting of same design cut in half, only lower half of each diamond appearing.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tejon, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Tejon
Culture or time period:
Kitanemuk
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Devil's horn, Willow (wood), and Yucca leaf
Taxon:
Proboscidea (plant), Salix, Sporobolus, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 12.75 inches and width 3.75 inches
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p 15.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20970, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). 2 concentric bands, lower one with red and white diamonds set in a black field, the upper consisting of same design cut in half, only lower half of each diamond appearing.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20970, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). 2 concentric bands, lower one with red and white diamonds set in a black field, the upper consisting of same design cut in half, only lower half of each diamond appearing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20970, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). 2 concentric bands, lower one with red and white diamonds set in a black field, the upper consisting of same design cut in half, only lower half of each diamond appearing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20970, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). 2 concentric bands, lower one with red and white diamonds set in a black field, the upper consisting of same design cut in half, only lower half of each diamond appearing.

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