Basket

Museum number:

1-14488

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Accession number:

Acc.345

Object count:

1

Description:

Plate basket; twined. Warp and weft are Juncus.

Donor:

Thomas T. Waterman

Collection place:

Campo (CDP), San Diego County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; San Diego; Campo

Culture or time period:

Diegueño and Kumeyaay

Collector:

Thomas T. Waterman

Collection date:

June-July 1908

Taxon:

Juncus

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving

Function:

1.2 Gathering

Accession date:

1908

Context of use:

Plate style is for drying; for acorns and seeds (James C. Moreno, February 15, 1983)

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

diameter 48 centimeters

Comment:

Remarks: Said to be made when the material is green and to be a common DiegueXo type. For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 8.

Loans:

S1970-1971 #132: California State University, East Bay/Vera Mae Frederickson (May 17, 1971–April 10, 1972)

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