Small openwork twining pack basket with band of plain twining at top and center; each band has red-brown triangles alternating with straw-colored triangles; flaring sides, flat bottom.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1925
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Pack basket shape but modified; made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 30.5 centimeters and height 20 centimeters