Coiled, globular bowl shape; black design. Buff weft: sedge root. Black weft: bracken fern root; on grass bundle foundation; Right to left work direction. Fine, old style fancy basket.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 19.5 centimeters and height 9.1 centimeters