Dowry Basket "Tci Mo Pi Ka"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Aug 1899
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. John W. Hudson
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE FROM THE BARK OF SHOOTS OF MULE, CERCIS OCCIDENTALIS, AND THE PREPARED ROOT OF KAHUM, CAREX MENDOCINOENSIS. THE BRIDES MOTHER PRESENTS HER SON-IN-LAW WITH A LARGE AND HANDSOME BASKET WHICH HE MUST FILL WITH SUGAR CAKES OR FOR THE GUESTS." 203,304 A. DOWRY OR TCIMO PIKA OF THE SIEL INDIANS (KULANAPAN STOCK). MADE FROM THE PREPARED ROOT OF KAHUM, OR CALIFORNIA SEDGE (CAREX MENDOCINENSIS), AND THE SHOOTS OF MULE, OR REDBUD (CERCIS OCCIDENTALIS), WITH BANDS IN WHITE AND BROWN, PRODUCED BY SHOWING THE BARK SIDE AND THE INNER SIDE OF THE REDBUD STEM. THE ENTIRE SURFACE IS COVERED WITH PLAIN TWINED WEAVING. IN THE ORNAMENTAL BANDS THE FIGURES ARE ALTERNATELY WHITE AND BROWN ON THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE OF THE VESSEL. FORM, GLOBULAR. CALLED A DOWRY BASKET BECAUSE THE BRIDE'S MOTHER PRESENTS IT TO HER SON-IN-LAW AND HE IS REQUIRED TO FILL IT WITH SUGAR, CAKES, ETC., FOR THE GUESTS. DIAMETER, 23 INCHES. RUSSIAN RIVER, MENDOCINO CO., CALIFORNIA, 1896. 203,304.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pomo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 035435
label: USNM Number
content: E203304-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 58 cm