Basket

Museum number:
1-255003
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3568
Description:
Basin shape with opening in bottom. Twined with grape vine rim, pine root weft, hazel shoot warp. Overlay of maiden hair fern and Xerophyllum tenax in indeterminate pattern. Reinforcing rim 16 cm from top.
Donor:
May Boas
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Wintu
Collector:
Grandparents of May Boas
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1980
Context of use:
Mortar hopper.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
16 inches and 26 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-255003, described as Basin shape with opening in bottom. Twined with grape vine rim, pine root weft, hazel shoot warp. Overlay of maiden hair fern and Xerophyllum tenax in indeterminate pattern. Reinforcing rim 16 cm from top.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-255003, described as Basin shape with opening in bottom. Twined with grape vine rim, pine root weft, hazel shoot warp. Overlay of maiden hair fern and Xerophyllum tenax in indeterminate pattern. Reinforcing rim 16 cm from top.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-255003, described as Basin shape with opening in bottom. Twined with grape vine rim, pine root weft, hazel shoot warp. Overlay of maiden hair fern and Xerophyllum tenax in indeterminate pattern. Reinforcing rim 16 cm from top.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-255003, described as Basin shape with opening in bottom. Twined with grape vine rim, pine root weft, hazel shoot warp. Overlay of maiden hair fern and Xerophyllum tenax in indeterminate pattern. Reinforcing rim 16 cm from top.

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