Coiled, oval shape. Brown designs. Tag, scratched out "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled oval basket bowl. The basket has a three rod coil foundation. The background material is sumac or willow. The design material is devils claw. The design is a horizontal band of v shapes at and on the rim and a horizontal band of three stacked triangles. The basket has an oval start. The basket has an exterior workface and is woven in a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt coil ending. The basket is from Desert California tribes or the Southwest United States .
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
California Desert tribes
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:
width 12.7 centimeters, height 7.62 centimeters, and length 20.32 centimeters