Treasure basket

Museum number:

1-10092

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Alternate number:

206 (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:

Trinket basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Small, made of single-rod coiling with non-interlocking stitches. No decoration.

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:

Pinky

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

August 30, 1906

Materials:

Redbud and Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Cercis occidentalis and Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coiled weaving and Treasure baskets

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Used for trinkets.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

height 5.5 centimeters and diameter 7 centimeters

Comment:

Materials: Cf. also Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 38. Native name and meaning: "sotono"; name of weave - "saiyi" (?). Note: Compare weave of this basket with those of 1-10107 and 10120.

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