Willow Basket Tray
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
label: Collection Date
content: 1894 to 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PLAIN. ONE (1) ILLUS: HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 10, SOUTHWEST, FIG. 8A, PG. 241." FROM CARD: "174528A. COLLECTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. BASKETS.-TWO CLOSELY-WOVEN COILED BASKETS, ONE 9 1/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER BY 2 INCHES DEEP, THE SECOND 15 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER BY 5 INCHES DEEP. THEY ARE MADE BY WINDING A THIN BAND OF SPLIT WILLOW TWIGS SPIRALLY AROUND A CORE OF WOODY MATERIAL, PROBABLY THE SOFT BARK CATIYA (FONGINERA SPLEN DENS) STEMS. THE START IS MADE AT THE CENTER BY FORMING A CIRCULAR BUTTON OF WILLOW-WRAPPED CORE, HELD IN SHAPE BY SEWING THE WILLOW RIBBON THROUGH THE ADJACENT CORES SOMEWHAT IRREGULARLY. AROUND THIS BUTTON THE CORE IS WOUND CONTINUOUSLY, AND HELD IN PLACE BY THE WILLOW BEING PASSED OVER AND AROUND IT, THROUGH A PORTION OF THE PRECEDING CORE, AND THEN DRAWN TIGHTLY DOWN, UNTIL A BASKET OF THE DESIRED SHAPE AND SIZE IS PRODUCED. THE FINAL END IS TAPERED DOWN AND SMOOTHLY SEWN IN PLACE BY THE WILLOW WRAPPING. SERI INDIANS, TIBURON ISLAND, SONORA, MEXICO. 174,528. COLLECTED BY W J MCGEE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tiburon Island, Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Seri (Comcaac)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174528-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - 1 Of 2
content: 23.49 cm
label: Height - 1 Of 2
content: 5 cm
label: Diameter - 2 Of 2
content: 39.4 cm