Coiled. Truncated cone form. Decoration: 3-part design of large pendant triangular motifs bordered with small triangles in dark red; in redbud. 3-rod coiling with split stitches on interior face.
Donor:
Howard Moïse
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northern Sierra Miwok
Collector:
Mrs. Robert D. Dunlap
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 40 centimeters and height 26 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #3: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (July 13, 1964–October 19, 1964)