Burden basket, open diagonal twined. Decoration: two rows of weft and point of basket are stitched in contrasting reddish - brown material. Rim is broken in 4 places; basket is somewhat misshapen as a result.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Used in transporting harvested seeds and other (food) products.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 15 centimeters, diameter 24.5 centimeters, and length 21 centimeters