Coiled, boat shape, oval. Buff zigzag on black band, black diamond designs. Coiled with sedge root, (background buff-colored weft); rim herringbone stitching, formerly feathered with quail topknots.
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:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 12.3 centimeters, length 21 centimeters, and height 8.7 centimeters