Basketry covered with top. a) Twined basket tightly fitting over green glass bottle, bowl shaped body, narrow neck, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands bracken fern root, one band winter peeled willow and bracken fern root, one band winter peeled willow one band diamond/pyramid designs of winter peeled willows, circular base of willow shoots. b) Top. Coiled willow shoots, one row bracken fern root.
Donor:
Estate of Christina B. Cameron
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Culture or time period:
Washo
Collector:
Christina B. Cameron
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Bottles, Coiled weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions