Open bowl shape, 1 rod, coiled, widely spaced stitches, bands of yellow dyed willow shoots, bracken fern roots and 10 crosses made of willow shoot and bracken fern root. Gap stitch.
Donor:
Estate of Christina B. Cameron
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Culture or time period:
Washo
Collector:
Christina B. Cameron
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9.5 centimeters and diameter 20 centimeters