Shallow, open, with black geometric designs. Black elements are bulrush, rest is sedge. No redbud on this basket.
Donor:
Burch Family
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Balló Kaì Pomo and Pomo
Collector:
Mary C. Burch
Collection date:
Before 1972
Materials:
Sedge
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 19, 1991
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 13.5 centimeters and height 5 centimeters
Comment:
Basket has label inside: "Small partially enclosed Pomo. Pomo Indians live in Northern California on the Coast. The black color is not dyed but made of red bud stems." Donated by the Burch Family, in memory of M.A. Crowell.