Plain twined, conical shape with stick rim, black designs of horizontal zigzags and serrated diamonds on ground of beargrass overlay. Willow (?) shoot warp, pine root weft. Overlay in Xerophyllum tenax and fern stem, adiantum pedatum.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Likely Rancheria, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Likely Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Achumawi
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1902
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Catch basket used in seed gathering, and for carrying loads. Made by women.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 47 centimeters and diameter 53 centimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #49: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 14, 1975–January 20, 1975) and S1976-1977 #48: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (February 12, 1977–February 12, 1977)