Basket

Museum number:

1-10294

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010010294

Alternate number:

510 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254

Object count:

1

Description:

Basket; coiled. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. 3-Rod coiling with non-interlocking stitches; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. 2 horizontal bands of large, solid red triangles. Bottom has been mended, and the rim is damaged in several areas.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Soulsbyville, Tuolumne County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Tuolumne; Soulsbyville

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Maker or artist:

Louisa Butcher

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Hazel shoots and Redbud

Taxon:

Cercis occidentalis and Corylus cornuta californica

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1906

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

height 20.5 centimeters and diameter 35 centimeters

Comment:

Native name and meaning: "tapatapu" - redbud; "kitceya" - triangular design; "lututta" - long design; "luyunu" - ?. Materials: For further information. cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 41. Photo: 15-4878. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 45.

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