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1940.6.1

Basket. Semi-globular basket with flat bottom and rounded sides. [MOBB [OPS move] 2/11/2016]

1940.6.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Basket. Semi-globular basket with flat bottom and rounded sides. [MOBB [OPS move] 2/11/2016]
Long description
Basket. Semi-globular basket with flat bottom and rounded sides. Finely, tightly woven sides with six diagonal stepped triangular designs. Two of the bands have pointed edges. In between the bands are diagonal lines of squares. The bottom is decorated with triangles which have pointed ridges along two edges. [MOBB [OPS move] 2/11/2016]
Geographical reference
United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
Central California Sonoma County near Healdsburg
Cultural groups
Southern Pomo
Wappo
Person
Field collector Rebecca Fowler
PRM source Alice Burtt Davy
PRM source Joseph Burtt Davy
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1850?, uncertain
Date collected
?circa 1850
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Plant Root, Material Willow Wood Plant, Material Rush Fibre Plant, Process Coiled, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Diameter: max 235 mm, Height: max 123 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.6.1
Research and responses

Originally entered as Pomo. Identifed as S. Pomo or Wappo by Sally McLendon, Hunter College, CUNY, 1992 (see DOC). She describes it as follows: 'Three-rod coiled basket, foundation of willow shoots sewn with sedge and dyed bullrush root. Coiled to the left.' [LMM]

Associated publications
Illustrated in black and white as figure 58 on page 58 of Basketmakers Meaning and Form in Native American Baskets, edited by Linda Mowat, Howard Morphy and Penny Dransart (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University if Oxford, Mongraph 5, 1992). Caption reads: ‘USA, Central California, Sonoma Country, near Healdsburg, ?Southern Pomo or Wappo. Three-rod coiled basket, foundation of willow shoots sewn with sedge and dyed bulrush root. Coiled to the left. Said to be used for cooking. H: 130 mm; dia: 245 mm. Collected by Mrs. Stephen Fowler, one of the earliest settlers in the area, c. 1850. Donated by her daughter Mrs. Joseph Burtt Davy (formerly Alice Bolton). 1940.6.1’ [MJD 18/01/2013]

Search terms: Basketry, Food and Drink, Technique, Vessel, Cooking Vessel, Basket, Food Accessory

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