Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-19778
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Accession number:
Acc.498
Description:
Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled, bowl shape with maroon designs and flat bottom. Basket has unusual "ownership mark".
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Patwin
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Redbud bark, Sedge root, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Probably a mush boiling basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 62.7 centimeters and height 24.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-19778, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled, bowl shape with maroon designs and flat bottom. Basket has unusual "ownership mark".Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-19778, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled, bowl shape with maroon designs and flat bottom. Basket has unusual "ownership mark".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-19778, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled, bowl shape with maroon designs and flat bottom. Basket has unusual "ownership mark".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-19778, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled, bowl shape with maroon designs and flat bottom. Basket has unusual "ownership mark".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-19778, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled, bowl shape with maroon designs and flat bottom. Basket has unusual "ownership mark".

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