Coiled, plate shape. Snake design. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray with sloping sides. Rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. Plain wrapped rim with a coil ending with single backstitch. Deergrass bundle foundation. Sumac weft background. Juncus designs in dyed black and natural orange. Designs are a central coiled rattlesnake, two arrows, and various geometric designs.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
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
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 15 inches
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)