Unused. Red and black pattern of crossing stepped rectangles. Epicampes grass bundle foundation; sedge root, bracken fern root, and redbud shoots for sewing.
Donor:
John S. Marvin and Mrs. John S. Marvin
Collection place:
Sycamore Valley, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Sycamore Valley
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
John S. Marvin, Maggie Marvin, and Mrs. John S. Marvin
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1962
Context of use:
Mush cooking basket
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 17 inches
Comment:
Remarks: "coiled bowls from Sycamore Valley are said to be all worked on the inner surface.