Treasure basket

Museum number:
1-70913
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, bowl shape. Three-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of sedge root and bulrush root (black).
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
North Central California
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Treasure baskets
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Gift or trinket basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10.2 centimeters and diameter 17.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #21: Anthropology Department, Vallejo Junior College/Everett F. McCartney (October 22, 1964–November 17, 1964), S1970-1971 #23: Berkeley High School (October 1, 1970–November 25, 1970), S1971-1972 #22: Berkeley High School/David H. Eichorn (September 29, 1971–November 10, 1971), and S1972-1973 #2: unknown borrower (July 13, 1972–July 18, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-70913, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Three-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of sedge root and bulrush root (black).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-70913, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Three-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of sedge root and bulrush root (black).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-70913, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Three-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of sedge root and bulrush root (black).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-70913, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Three-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of sedge root and bulrush root (black).

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