Bowl shape, coiled, with cover and handle (on cover). Decoration: figures of plants, animals, a human figure, several geometric designs, in red and black. ("Circus animal designs"). Designs in redbud. One-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
El Dorado City, El Dorado County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; El Dorado
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok and Plains Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.5 centimeters and height 13 centimeters