Coiled, oval. Snake design. Tag "Mission snake type oval". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled shallow oval bowl. Not used. It has a deergrass bundle foundation. The wefts are orange, natural and black-dyed juncus with some sumac. The design is a diamond-back rattlesnake, a floral design and two v's. The basket has an oval starting knot. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. It has a plain wrapped rim and the coil ending is tapered.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
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 3 inches, diameter 15 inches, and width 14 inches