Cooking basket

Museum number:

1-9911

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010009911

Alternate number:

15 (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:

Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Small, shallow, and without decoration. Single-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches and a herringbone rim border.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Jackson Rancheria, Jackson, Amador County

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Amador; Miwok Reservation

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Collector:

Mary Sam and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Redbud and Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coiled weaving and Cooking baskets

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Dipping basket (used as a dipper).

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

height 7 centimeters and diameter 20 centimeters

Comment:

Photo: 15-4972.

Loans:

S1983-1984 #15: Lawrence E. Dawson/Lawrence E. Dawson (September 22, 1983–September 26, 1983), 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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