Flaring bowl shape with maroon designs in vertical zigzag; filler elements or "ownership marks" on side; bottom detached. Coiled on 3-rod foundation, redbud design. Coiling ending backstitched 14 stitches (2 broken off) in Yuki fashion.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1954
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
Possibly a mush boiling basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 17.5 centimeters and diameter 51 centimeters
Comment:
Assigned a new number by Museum staff as they noted it had not been cataloged/numbered before a loan to UC Riverside. Possibly is 1-67837 or 1-67829.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)