Carrying basket

Museum number:

1-10498

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

32 (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 is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Rim is Willow. Bands of herring bone design.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Kelly Ranch, Amador County, California

Culture or time period:

Maidu

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Redbud, Sedge, and Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Carex, Cercis occidentalis, and Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carrying baskets and Twined weaving

Function:

1.2 Gathering

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Burden basket.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

diameter 57.5 centimeters and height 68 centimeters

Comment:

Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 36.

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