With attached tump line; 2 U-shaped crossed pieces of peeled willow held together with cordage and lashings. Willow bark (?) cordage.
Donor:
George Dobo
Collection place:
Mojave Desert, Southeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave and Southern Paiute
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
Carrying corn, etc.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 96 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: "One strand of net repaired...by G. Brown and L. Dawson." Native name: "ku'po" "Spier says: "crossing of the U-sticks was lashed with mesquite bark cord. A netting of the same material, in wide irregular squares, stretched from one upright support to the next." " References: Spier, Mohave Culture Items.