Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-20966
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Alternate number:
184 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red and yellow patterns are Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Bottleneck, coiled, with one band of diamond design just below shoulder; near bottom is one band of butterfly design; on shoulder is one band of butterfly design; designs in red and black; fringe of red worsted on shoulder.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Panamint
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Brake fern and Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 3 inches and length 5.375 inches
Comment:
Published: Mason's Aboriginal Basketry p. 285, pl 41. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 44.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20966, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red and yellow patterns are Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Bottleneck, coiled, with one band of diamond design just below shoulder; near bottom is one band of butterfly design; on shoulder is one band of butterfly design; designs in red and black; fringe of red worsted on shoulder.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20966, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red and yellow patterns are Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Bottleneck, coiled, with one band of diamond design just below shoulder; near bottom is one band of butterfly design; on shoulder is one band of butterfly design; designs in red and black; fringe of red worsted on shoulder.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20966, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red and yellow patterns are Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Bottleneck, coiled, with one band of diamond design just below shoulder; near bottom is one band of butterfly design; on shoulder is one band of butterfly design; designs in red and black; fringe of red worsted on shoulder.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20966, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red and yellow patterns are Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Bottleneck, coiled, with one band of diamond design just below shoulder; near bottom is one band of butterfly design; on shoulder is one band of butterfly design; designs in red and black; fringe of red worsted on shoulder.

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