Feather. Encircling bands of yellow feathers top and bottom. Center bands of green feathers with red band in between. Quail topknots around rim. Coiled basket under feathers. Has center of brown feathers surrounded by irridescent green feathers. Base fully feathered also.
Donor:
Annette C. Waite
Collection place:
Lake County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Lake
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Brother of Mrs. Waite's Great Grandmother
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Context of use:
Made for gifts and for burning at funerals.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 10 centimeters and diameter 7.3 centimeters