Openwork storage basket. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is also Willow. Composed of cylindrical coils of varied sizes of twigs, branches and leaves. No top or bottom.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Storage basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 117 centimeters and height 38 centimeters