Burden basket

Museum number:
1-27698
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.643
Description:
Burden basket. Flat base. Leather carrying strap tied on with cotton cloth strips. Reinforcing rod around rim tied on with cotton cloth strips. Rod and rim broken in several areas. Open twined. Made of peeled willow.
Donor:
R. W. Hanna
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Wintu
Collector:
Charles Shock, Daniel Ream, and Henry Shock
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1929
Context of use:
Burden basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 66 centimeters and height 53 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-27698, described as Burden basket. Flat base. Leather carrying strap tied on with cotton cloth strips. Reinforcing rod around rim tied on with cotton cloth strips. Rod and rim broken in several areas. Open twined. Made of peeled willow.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-27698, described as Burden basket. Flat base. Leather carrying strap tied on with cotton cloth strips. Reinforcing rod around rim tied on with cotton cloth strips. Rod and rim broken in several areas. Open twined. Made of peeled willow.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-27698, described as Burden basket. Flat base. Leather carrying strap tied on with cotton cloth strips. Reinforcing rod around rim tied on with cotton cloth strips. Rod and rim broken in several areas. Open twined. Made of peeled willow.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-27698, described as Burden basket. Flat base. Leather carrying strap tied on with cotton cloth strips. Reinforcing rod around rim tied on with cotton cloth strips. Rod and rim broken in several areas. Open twined. Made of peeled willow.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-27698, described as Burden basket. Flat base. Leather carrying strap tied on with cotton cloth strips. Reinforcing rod around rim tied on with cotton cloth strips. Rod and rim broken in several areas. Open twined. Made of peeled willow.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-27698, described as Burden basket. Flat base. Leather carrying strap tied on with cotton cloth strips. Reinforcing rod around rim tied on with cotton cloth strips. Rod and rim broken in several areas. Open twined. Made of peeled willow.

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