Basket

Museum number:

1-233727

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.3011

Object count:

1

Description:

Coiled truncated conical, 3-rod foundation of willow roots. Wefts of split willow shoots (light), split devil's-claw pods (dark), and Juncus rushes (medium brown). Designs of geometric shapes and standing Heron-like birds.

Donor:

Mrs. John Crosby Brown

Collection place:

Southeastern California

Verbatim coll. place:

California

Culture or time period:

Panamint

Collector:

Mother of Mrs. John Crosby Brown

Collection date:

1930

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

1973

Context of use:

Sold as tourist novelty.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

height 16 centimeters and width 35.5 centimeters

Comment:

use of Juncus rushes among the Panamint dates from 1930s and later

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