Diagonal twining. Circular geometric bands in light brown alternating with bands of black on natural ground, matches design on 1-71570. Peeled willow, dyed bracken root.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Nevada
Culture or time period:
Washo
Maker or artist:
Datsolalee and Scees Bryant
Collector:
C. J. Lee
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1860-1925
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Gathering basket; burden basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 15 inches and height 15 inches
Loans:
S1963-1964 #4: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (July 29, 1963–July 29, 1963) and S1967-1968 #131: Department of Anthropology (SF State University) (April 30, 1968–May 15, 1968)