Twined, basin shaped, narrow lines of alternating peeled and non-peeled redbud shoots comprise the design on the sides. Three thick bands of lattice twining reinforce the sides. Made with twill and lattice twining. Sedge root and rosebud root.
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:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 15.75 inches and height 5 inches
Comment:
Context of use: "Twined baskets of the Southern Pomo are extremely rare in the museum collections, and are distinct from the more common baskets of the northern groups. Should not be traded off.