Coiled; conical in form with a flat bottom. Decoration: black zigzag band. Basket is damaged at the rim in several places. 3-rod coiling with stitches split on interior face; herringbone border stitch a rim.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Plains Miwok
Collector:
James A. Barr
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 28.5 centimeters and height 20.5 centimeters
Comment:
It is also strikingly similar in construction to #5888 in the Yosemite Park Museum, although this latter basket is beaded & feathered.