Open lattice twining, bowl shape. Twill twined start, coarse lattice twining on sides, coarse twill twining below rim, rim reinforced with a stick. All redbud weft strands.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southern Pomo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
An openwork gathering basket for coarse or wet materials.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 6 inches and diameter 14 inches
Comment:
Remarks: "ti pose", term in Northern Pomo. Baskets of the Southern Pomo are extremely rare in museum collections and are distinct from those of the Northern group. Should not be traded off.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #10: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (August 24, 1961–September 14, 1961)