Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-70149
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, plate shape. Per Ralph Shanks: Low sided coiled basketry bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation with possible juncus rods included in the bundle. Wefts are sumac, juncus, and black dyed juncus. The design of a six sided star is at the bottom of the basket and is formed by sumac and outlined by black dyed juncus. Within the star there are two coils of natural juncus and one coil of black dyed juncus. Along the sides of the basket are six diamonds in natural juncus outlined by black dyed juncus. Additionally there are smaller diamonds on the interior of the larger diamonds. Workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered herringbone coil ending.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 13 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70149, described as Coiled, plate shape. Per Ralph Shanks: Low sided coiled basketry bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation with possible juncus rods included in the bundle. Wefts are sumac, juncus, and black dyed juncus. The design of a six sided star is at the bottom of the basket and is formed by sumac and outlined by black dyed juncus. Within the star there are two coils of natural juncus and one coil of black dyed juncus. Along the sides of the basket are six diamonds in natural juncus outlined by black dyed juncus. Additionally there are smaller diamonds on the interior of the larger diamonds. Workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered herringbone coil ending.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70149, described as Coiled, plate shape. Per Ralph Shanks: Low sided coiled basketry bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation with possible juncus rods included in the bundle. Wefts are sumac, juncus, and black dyed juncus. The design of a six sided star is at the bottom of the basket and is formed by sumac and outlined by black dyed juncus. Within the star there are two coils of natural juncus and one coil of black dyed juncus. Along the sides of the basket are six diamonds in natural juncus outlined by black dyed juncus. Additionally there are smaller diamonds on the interior of the larger diamonds. Workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered herringbone coil ending.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70149, described as Coiled, plate shape. Per Ralph Shanks: Low sided coiled basketry bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation with possible juncus rods included in the bundle. Wefts are sumac, juncus, and black dyed juncus. The design of a six sided star is at the bottom of the basket and is formed by sumac and outlined by black dyed juncus. Within the star there are two coils of natural juncus and one coil of black dyed juncus. Along the sides of the basket are six diamonds in natural juncus outlined by black dyed juncus. Additionally there are smaller diamonds on the interior of the larger diamonds. Workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered herringbone coil ending.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70149, described as Coiled, plate shape. Per Ralph Shanks: Low sided coiled basketry bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation with possible juncus rods included in the bundle. Wefts are sumac, juncus, and black dyed juncus. The design of a six sided star is at the bottom of the basket and is formed by sumac and outlined by black dyed juncus. Within the star there are two coils of natural juncus and one coil of black dyed juncus. Along the sides of the basket are six diamonds in natural juncus outlined by black dyed juncus. Additionally there are smaller diamonds on the interior of the larger diamonds. Workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered herringbone coil ending.

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