Physical Object / Miwok cooking basket

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Title: Miwok cooking basket
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: McLean collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Technique: Coiled extra large cooking basket
Condition: 1'' tear/cut on upper rim of basket. Numerous broken strips on rim varying from 1/8'' to 3/8''. Numerous areas of discoloration throughout interior of basket, ranging from 1''-2''. Missing portions of weave on interior base, varying from 1/4'' to 1 5/8''. Numerous missing strips throughout the body from 1/8'' to 1/4''. Major discoloration throughout the lower half of the exterior, particularly at the base.
Medium: Two color material
Creation/Production Credits: Digitization was completed by the Basket2Bytes Project at the University of California, Merced with funding provided by the Henry Luce Foundation
Type: physical object
Format: basket
Form/Genre: basketmaking
basketry
Extent: 24 cm (height) x 46.7 cm (diameter)
Identifier: ucm_mclean_014
Language: English
eng
Subject: baskets (containers)
cooking baskets
Miwok baskets
McLean, Walter Doyle
Provenance: On long term loan from the Walter Doyle McLean Estate
Location: UC Merced Library Special Collections and Archives

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