Bowl basket

Museum number:

1-10102

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010010102

Alternate number:

217 (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:

Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens) and Maple (Acer macrophyllum), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flaring and slightly elliptical in shape, coiled. Decoration: Black designs very similar to the "standing up" design recorded by Barrett. Dark material is brackenfern root. 3-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Sheep Ranch, Calaveras County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Calaveras; Sheep Ranch

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Maker or artist:

Limpy

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Brake fern, Maple (wood), and Redbud

Taxon:

Acer macrophyllum, Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1906

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

diameter 34.7 centimeters and height 14.5 centimeters

Comment:

Described by Samuel A. Barrett in 1906 as being "new". Native name and meaning: "hatcitcu" is the Central Miwok term for the "standing up" design; "wekilla hima" - "wekilla" refers to the elliptical form ; "sinaasi" - refers to the design; "sinaasi ututi" indicates big; "sinaasi tototo" - indicates long. Samuel A. Barrett feels that the accuracy of these terms is doubtful. Materials: cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 39.

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