(a) Basket with (b) lid. Coiled. Miniature, squat, globular shape. Design: cross diagonal black checks, meander of black checks on lid. Coiled top knot, feathers (moth eaten) inserted. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sedge and bracken fern roots.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
Collected in Ahwahnee
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
1903-1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Coiled weaving, and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions