Coiled, deep tray. Tag: "Mission Type". Broad low bowl, probably a winnower; appears to have been used. Materials include a deergrass bundle foundation; tan and orange juncus wefts; and sumac wefts used on the base. The design is thirteen sets of three downward facing triangles formed by orange juncus. The workface is on the inside. The wefts are bound under and the work direction is to the right. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with three inches or so of the plain wrapped rim missing. Basket is stained, including blue and yellow stains.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 4 inches and diameter 15 inches
Loans:
S1979-1980 #9: DeAnza College (August 31, 1979–December 17, 1979)