Coiled on a bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: 2 horizontal series of human figures in black, with touches of red. Designs are in redbud.
Donor:
Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok, Panamint, and Yokuts
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
Before 1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1920
Context of use:
Used in storage.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 24.5 centimeters and diameter 46 centimeters