Basket

Museum number:
1-233716
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3015
Description:
Twined, in shape of whiskey flask. Willow shoot warp, wefts of willow and pine roots. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light) and maidenhair fern (black). "Hourglass" (composite triangle) design motif. Openwork near base.
Donor:
Charles Brockhoff and Lucia Brockhoff
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Karuk
Collector:
Mrs. Brizzer
Collection date:
1910
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Sold as tourist novelty.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 16 centimeters and width 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-233716, described as Twined, in shape of whiskey flask. Willow shoot warp, wefts of willow and pine roots. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light) and maidenhair fern (black). "Hourglass" (composite triangle) design motif. Openwork near base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-233716, described as Twined, in shape of whiskey flask. Willow shoot warp, wefts of willow and pine roots. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light) and maidenhair fern (black). "Hourglass" (composite triangle) design motif. Openwork near base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-233716, described as Twined, in shape of whiskey flask. Willow shoot warp, wefts of willow and pine roots. Overlaid with Xerophyllum tenax (light) and maidenhair fern (black). "Hourglass" (composite triangle) design motif. Openwork near base.

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