Coiled; decoration: 2 bands of solid black horizontal zigzags encircling basket. Shows signs of extensive repair; basket bottom is damaged. Bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches.
Donor:
Katherine Eloise "Kitty" Dobbins McCleave, Rose Mary Dobbins Lloyd, and Thomas Crooke McCleave
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Katherine Eloise "Kitty" Dobbins McCleave, Rose Mary Dobbins Lloyd, and Thomas Crooke McCleave
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 18.5 centimeters and diameter 38 centimeters