Mush basket

Museum number:

1-10288

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Alternate number:

504 (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:

Mush basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Coiled on a bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches; wide mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: brown horizontal and diagonal zigzags.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Mariposa, Mariposa County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Mariposa

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Collector:

George Butcher and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Brake fern and Sedge

Taxon:

Carex, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coiled weaving and Mush basket bowl

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Mush basket - used in cooking.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

height 19.5 centimeters and diameter 36 centimeters

Comment:

Native name and meaning: "loyaasi" - horizontal zigzag; "tototo loyaasi" - vertical zigzag; "tcipanu" - standing up. For materials, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 42. Photo: yes. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 44.

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