Cooking basket

Museum number:
1-4097
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Alternate number:
33 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.101
Description:
Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is sedge (Carex). Black pattern is redbud.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Patwin
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Redbud and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex and Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Cooking baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Has been used for mush boiling.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 24.4 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 6. "Difficult to distinguish from Miwok 1-rod coiled work; attribution based on overhand knot start.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-4097, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is sedge (Carex). Black pattern is redbud.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-4097, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is sedge (Carex). Black pattern is redbud.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-4097, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is sedge (Carex). Black pattern is redbud.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-4097, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is sedge (Carex). Black pattern is redbud.

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