Diagonal twined; bowl shaped. Decoration: 2 horizontal bands of diamonds, achieved by twisting split redbud bark stems so that design is light on dark on exterior face and dark on light on interior face. Basket has a reinforcing (willow?) hoop at rim.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 13.5 centimeters and diameter 16 centimeters