Basket

Museum number:

1-9901

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010009901

Alternate number:

5 (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:

Receptacle basket; Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled sifter. Flat in form, undecorated. Single-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Jackson Rancheria, Jackson, Amador County

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Amador; Jackson Reservation

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Redbud

Taxon:

Cercis occidentalis and Sporobolus rigens

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Sifters

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Used as a parcher in food preparation.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

diameter 39 centimeters and height 6.3 centimeters

Comment:

Described as being "comparatively new & well-made" when collected." Native name and meaning: "ulita" - N. Miwok term for winnower. Materials: cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 41. Photo: 15-4971. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. vol. 2, pl. 49

Loans:

S2008-2009 #1: Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwok Indians (September 4, 2008–December 1, 2011) and S2012-2013 #2: Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwok Indians (November 1, 2012–May 2, 2013)

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