Diagonally twined, warps of unpeeled redbud, wefts of split peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Hemispherical shape. Design: speckled pattern in open work twined motif produced by peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Hanging cord (shoelace) attached.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
Collected in Ahwahnee
Culture or time period:
Southern Sierra Miwok
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
1903-1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Used for gathering.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 13.5 centimeters and diameter 21.5 centimeters