Mush basket

Museum number:

1-10446

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010010446

Alternate number:

458 (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). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Small deep flaring basket with grass foundation and zigzag design in red and black.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Coarsegold, Madera County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Madera; Coarse Gold

Culture or time period:

Chukchansi

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Brake fern, Redbud, and Sedge

Taxon:

Carex, Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coiled weaving and Mush basket bowl

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1906

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

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