Coiled; wide mouth with gently sloping sides. Undecorated, but shows signs of having once had a dark overlay design. Made of cladium root. Has numerous insect holes. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches and many split stitches on interior face.
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
Taxon:
Cladium
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 21 centimeters and height 9.2 centimeters