Glass bottle covered with twined basketry. a) Bottle with star-like design; b) cap. Per Ralph Shanks: Atsugewi or Achomawi. Plain twined with three strand twining on base and neck. Conifer root weft with beargrass background and maidenhair fern designs. Designs include butterflies. Designs are more typical of Atsugewi.
Donor:
Louise Heintz
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Atsugewi
Collector:
Edward K. Schaad
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Bottles, and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
b)— diameter 4 centimeters and a)— height 27.5 centimeters