basket; coiled; truncated conical shape; h. 43cm., diam. 59cm. design in dark brown of crossing diagonal sets of corner joined triangles three units wide. [from catalogue card filed under Maidu] storage basket, coiled brown pattern, H. 17in. D. 22-1/2 in. [from catalogue card filed under Pomo]
Donor:
Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Maidu and Pomo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
Before 1920
Materials:
Redbud, Root (plant material), and Sedge
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1920
Context of use:
of the kind used for boiling mush for large gatherings at feasts.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 59 centimeters and height 43 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Price $50.00. Cards filed under both Pomo and Maidu.
Loans:
S2006-2007 #4: Museum of Anthropology (CSU Chico) (January 26, 2007–June 4, 2007)