Receptacle basket

Museum number:

1-10103

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010010103

Alternate number:

218 (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:

Receptacle basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitching; with flaring sides and a pedestal. Decoration: horizontal bands in red.

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:

1906

Materials:

Brake fern, Redbud, and Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers)

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Used for storing soup once it had been prepared.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

height 27 centimeters and diameter 65 centimeters

Comment:

Native name and meaning: "ututi" - big; "tcoti" (?); "luwota" refers to step-like motif design element; "wabolasi" refers to continous band motif; "noepa" refers to broken band motif.

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