Round, concave base, sides slightly incurving at rim. Triangular and linear design in straw color on natural ground. Discolored with ink stain on interior. Plain twined, conifer root warp and weft, white grass overlay.
Donor:
Mary Lea Heger Shane and Mr. C. Donald Shane
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa, Karuk, and Yurok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1880
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1955
Context of use:
Mush bowl.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 15.8 centimeters and height 8.3 centimeters