Coiled, oval with clamshell disc beads as a surface decoration. A string with similar beads is used to suspend the basket. Willow shoot foundation. Sewn elements of sedge root and bullrush root, scirpus maritimus. Three rod foundation. Surface decorated with clam shell disc beads. A string, also decorated with similar beads, for suspension.
Donor:
Estate of Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; North Central
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 8.1 centimeters, width 19.7 centimeters, and 34.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1976-1977 #53: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 1, 1977–March 1, 1977) and S1976-1977 #89: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District (June 23, 1977–September 16, 1977)