Basket, coiled bowl-shaped, incurving rim, pedestal base, non-interlocking stitch, redbud band designs; rim diam. 19.5 cm. (Stitch type and materials are aberrant; possibly done by a novice Maidu or a Shastan tribe in imitation of Maidu coiled work.)
Donor:
Mary McLain
Collection place:
Prattville, Plumas County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Plumas; Prattville
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Fern Benner and Grace McLain
Collection date:
1880-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Basket, made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
19.5 meters
Comment:
Materials and technique: coiled, non-interlocking stitch, redbud