Basket weft/warp sizer. Perforated tin can lid, cut into circle, with six holes punched in center used in basket making to draw and shave reed/basketry strands.
Donor:
Found in Collections (FIC)
Collection place:
Southern California
Culture or time period:
Panamint
Materials:
Tin alloy
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
October 16, 2019
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 7 centimeters, depth 1 millimeters, and height 7 centimeters
Comment:
Old display sign: "A perforated tin can lid for drawing and shaving basketry strands was an invention of some southern California Indian, perhaps a Panamint.