With bottleneck; coiled. Decoration: bands of solid black "arrowheads", or triangles, around rim; black diagonal zigzags and groups of triangles around lower portion of basket. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Rim is done in herringbone stitch.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Amador County, California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok and Plains Miwok
Collector:
Grace Blair DePue
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:
Ceremonial.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 13.8 centimeters, height 19 centimeters, and 33 centimeters