Cup-like, twined. In good condition. Mostly overlaid except bottom. 2-faced overlay. White horizontal stripes alternate with bands of red and white vertical stripes. Mostly plain twined. 3-strand twining near start. Globular shape.
Donor:
Cora Alice DuBois and University Appropriation
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northern Wintun
Collector:
Cora Alice DuBois
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1930
Context of use:
Used by doctors in ghost dance treatment.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 10 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Comment:
Ghost dance treatment is called "testonon." This type of basket is "always striped, hence called sui Kolom, or striped basket.