Burden basket

Museum number:
1-71425
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
116 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Twined burden basket. Has several hairs woven in.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
C. J. Lee
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Burden basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 19 inches and height 16 inches
Loans:
S1974-1975 #49: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 14, 1975–January 20, 1975) and S1976-1977 #48: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (February 12, 1977–February 12, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71425, described as Twined burden basket. Has several hairs woven in.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71425, described as Twined burden basket. Has several hairs woven in.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71425, described as Twined burden basket. Has several hairs woven in.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71425, described as Twined burden basket. Has several hairs woven in.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71425, described as Twined burden basket. Has several hairs woven in.

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