Dirty and worn from use. Mainly 3-strand twining. White 2-faced overlay: solid and dotted stripes, and a band of connected triangles. Plain twining occurs: 3-4.25 cm from start, 5.5-6.25 cm from start, 7.5-8.25 cm from start, and 13-17 cm from start (to rim).
Donor:
Cora Alice DuBois and University Appropriation
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northern Wintun
Collector:
Cora Alice DuBois
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1930
Context of use:
Used as plate or cover for other baskets.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 11 inches and 3.5 inches
Comment:
Called tekes or setep in northern part of territory" Published: "PAAE 36:1, Fig. 8