Round with flat bottom, rhomboid design in dark brown on natural colored ground. Plain twined with full twist overlay, tule cordage warp, tule root and white grass overlay.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Achumawi
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 11.8 centimeters and diameter 16 centimeters