Coiled, tray-shaped. Decoration: large open diamond-like geometrical figures, outlined in red. Made of split shoots and redbud. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.
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:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 51.5 centimeters and height 10 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #10: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (August 24, 1961–September 14, 1961)