Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop.
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:
Maple (wood) and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a general receptacle, to put bread, etc. in. Also suspended from rafters to as to protect its contents.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 57 centimeters and 47 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: See 1-10097. Materials: Cf. also Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 37. Native name and meaning: tcama - generic name for this sort of basket. Photo: 15-2782; 15-9110. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 53.