Coiled. 3 rod foundation. Globular. Flat base, sides incurving at rim. Decorated with circular design of four horses and name "Big Pine CAL" in brown on natural ground. Per Ralph Shanks: Bullrush root for dark designs and background and foundation rods are willow. Pinhole starting knot and plain wrapped rim.
Donor:
California Historical Society
Collection place:
Owens Valley, Inyo County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Inyo; Owens Valley
Culture or time period:
Eastern Mono
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 5.5 inches and height 4.5 inches
Loans:
S2007-2008 #10: Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley (April 15, 2008–April 15, 2009)