Very old, oval, coiled, narrowing at both top and bottom giving a pouch-like appearance. Decoration barely visible. Seems to have consisted of superimposed triangles with apices up.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
The Dalles, Wasco County, Central Oregon
Verbatim coll. place:
Oregon; Wasco; The Dalles
Culture or time period:
Klikitat
Collector:
Anna Lang, Edwin Lincoln McLeod, and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13.25 inches, length 13 inches, and width 9.875 inches