Coiled, plate shape. Design in red and black. 3-rod foundation of willow shoots, sewing strands of split willow shoots, Joshua tree roots (red) and devil's-claw pods (black).
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Mojave Desert, Southeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Southern California
Culture or time period:
Chemehuevi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Food preparation basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 11 inches
Comment:
Remarks: "No's. in parenthesis, on large square stickers with price