Canoe shaped basket

Museum number:

1-10352

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Alternate number:

574 (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:

Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-Rod coiling with interlocking stitches; boat-shaped and broad in form. Decoration: large diamond-like figures, outlined in black, extending from rim to base. Foundation material is peeled redbud.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Bear Creek, Mariposa County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Bear Creek

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Brake fern, Redbud, and Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1906

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

20 centimeters and height 11 centimeters

Comment:

Native name and meaning: "oyi" - basket type; "tapatapa" - peeled redbud. Photo: 15-5977. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 43.

Loans:

S1938-1939 #1: Golden Gate International Exposition (February 14, 1939–October 11, 1940)

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