Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: Redbud and bracken fern root. 3 series of red "arrowheads" with handles (stems). Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Traces of soaproot juice remain.
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:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 29 centimeters and diameter 48.5 centimeters
Comment:
The price of the basket, $12.00, is written in black on its bottom.