Carrying basket

Museum number:

1-10052

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010010052

Alternate number:

157 (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 Willow and Grape (Vitus californica). Predominantly plain twining. Decoration is absent. Made of red-colored and peeled material. Basket has cloth strap attached so as to facilitate its transportation, and a reinforcing hoop around the rim.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

West Point, Calaveras County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Calaveras; West Point

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Maker or artist:

Lily

Collector:

Blindy and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Salix and Vitis californica

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carrying baskets and Twined weaving

Function:

1.2 Gathering

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Used to carry harvested plants, etc.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

height 52 centimeters and diameter 42.2 centimeters

Comment:

Described by Barrett in 1906 as being "new". Native name and meaning: tuyuma. For materials, see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 40.

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