Coiled, plate shape. Tag "No. 8 A0.00". Low sided coiled basketry bowl. The shape is similar to a traditional winnowing basket except the sides are more vertical. Deergrass bundle coil foundation. Wefts are orange juncus background, with black dyed juncus and with a small amount of probably sumac or possibly willow as part of the designs. The designs are three geometric patterns. The rim has orange and red ticking. Workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. Bound under weft fag ends. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a slightly tapered coil ending.
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:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 13 inches and height 3 inches
Loans:
S1966-1967 #82: Mills College, Art Department (March 23, 1967–April 19, 1967)