Mortar basket

Museum number:
1-20872
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
64 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Weave "bamtuc." Decorative pattern: red in two chainlike bands.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Pine (wood), Redbud, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Pinus, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mortar baskets (baskets by function), Mortar baskets (food processing), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 18.25 inches and width 6 inches
Comment:
For materials, see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 49
Loans:
S1964-1965 #2: American Indian Film Project/David Wayne Peri (July 8, 1964–July 10, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-20872, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Weave "bamtuc." Decorative pattern: red in two chainlike bands.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-20872, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Weave "bamtuc." Decorative pattern: red in two chainlike bands.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-20872, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Weave "bamtuc." Decorative pattern: red in two chainlike bands.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-20872, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Weave "bamtuc." Decorative pattern: red in two chainlike bands.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-20872, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Weave "bamtuc." Decorative pattern: red in two chainlike bands.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-20872, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Weave "bamtuc." Decorative pattern: red in two chainlike bands.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-20872, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Weave "bamtuc." Decorative pattern: red in two chainlike bands.

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