Burden basket, diagonal twined. Decoration: thin band of red triangles arranged in a diagonal pattern underneath rim. Design material is made of redbud. Rim is reinforced with (willow?) hoop. Bottom is reinforced with cloth (denim) and has an attached leather loop.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Used in transporting harvested food products such as seeds.