Coiled, globular. Birds, camel, horse design. Tag "Mission type birds camel horse". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The design wefts are orange, and black dyed juncus, the background wefts are sumac. Designs include a man on horseback, birds (possibly quails and a raptor), a camel, and abstract designs near the rim and on the base. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped and the coil ending is tapered with a herringbone finish.
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:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 22.86 centimeters and height 15.24 centimeters
Loans:
S1971-1972 #13: California State University, Sacramento (August 16, 1971–September 9, 1971)