Basket

Museum number:
1-224787
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2587
Object count:
1
Description:
Goblet-shaped; plain twined; encircling triangular bands. Peeled shoot warps, pine root weft, overlay of redbud bark and Xerophyllum tenax leaf.
Donor:
James H. Short and Mrs. James H. Short
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Atsugewi
Collector:
Mrs. Raymond B. Wilson and Raymond B. Wilson
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
March 26, 1970
Context of use:
Novelty basket; made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 11.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-224787, described as Goblet-shaped; plain twined; encircling triangular bands. Peeled shoot warps, pine root weft, overlay of redbud bark and Xerophyllum tenax leaf.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-224787, described as Goblet-shaped; plain twined; encircling triangular bands. Peeled shoot warps, pine root weft, overlay of redbud bark and Xerophyllum tenax leaf.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-224787, described as Goblet-shaped; plain twined; encircling triangular bands. Peeled shoot warps, pine root weft, overlay of redbud bark and Xerophyllum tenax leaf.

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