Coiled, globular. Tag "Mission 1938 BB" On the interior "Valentino [line] Mission 1938". On bag found with basket "Luiseño". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular coiled basket bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation. Weft designs are black dyed juncus. The background wefts are tan juncus. The designs include four vertical bands of stacked triangles, one band of four stacked triangles topped with a double cross, and then one vertical motif with diamonds on end with two "v"'s floating above it. There is a black band at the rim and at base. There is a black line on the base. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a missing coil ending. Based on the techniques and materials, this basket is from Southwestern California.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Valentino Mission
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10 inches and diameter 17 inches
Loans:
S1988-1989 #30: University of California Office of the President (1989–June 16, 1994) and S1990-1991 #12: University of California Office of the President (December 17, 1990–June 16, 1994)