Coiled. Bowl shape. Round, flat base, sides incurving at base, design of birds in flight, bow and arrow; near rim is letter "W" with a swastika on each side, design in black on natural ground; very dirty and discolored.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Double Spring, Douglas County, Nevada
Culture or time period:
Paiute
Maker or artist:
Emma Sara Woodford
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 14 centimeters and diameter 19 centimeters
Comment:
See accession envelope for handwritten note concerning design and materials used.