Carrying basket

Museum number:

1-10239

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010010239

Alternate number:

361 (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:

Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Open diagonal twined. Entirely covered on exterior face with soaproot juice (Chlorogalum pomeridianum), rendering basket seed-tight. Reinforcing hoop at rim. Two horizontal bands of black stitches as decoration. Made of peeled and split shoots.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Wawona, Mariposa County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Mariposa; Wawona

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Maker or artist:

Old Susie

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Brake fern, Soaproot, and Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Chlorogalum pomeridianum, Pteris quilina, and Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carrying baskets and Twined weaving

Function:

1.4 Transportation

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Used to transport seeds and other harvested food products.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

length 53.5 centimeters and diameter 60 centimeters

Comment:

Native name and meaning: tcikele - basket type. Photo: 15-2782; 15-8271. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 54.

Loans:

S1975-1976 #54: National Park Service/Craig D. Bates (February 5, 1976–May 18, 1976)

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