Coiled, oval shape. Tag "Mission Type Oval". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled oval basket bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation. The design wefts are orange, tan, and black dyed juncus. The background wefts are sumac. The design is a band of a diamond net with crosses inside the diamonds. The design is outlined with a single band of black dyed juncus at the bottom and at the top. The basket has an oval starting knot. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. Due to the technique and materials the attribution is Cahuilla.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Imperial County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
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:
diameter 10 inches, width 8 inches, and height 5 inches
Loans:
S1979-1980 #9: DeAnza College (August 31, 1979–December 17, 1979)