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Start Over Object type ethnography Media available image Donor American Museum of Natural History Culture or time period California tribes Materials Redbud

1. Basket

Museum number:
1-14516
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
height 16.3 centimeters and diameter 31.4 centimeters
Collector:
Mrs. T. K. Gibbs
Collection place:
Chico, Butte County, California
Collection date:
1901
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix

2. Basket

Museum number:
1-14515
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
height 7.5 centimeters and diameter 19 centimeters
Collector:
Mrs. T. K. Gibbs
Collection place:
Chico, Butte County, California
Collection date:
1901
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix

3. Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-14520
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
diameter 47.5 centimeters
Collector:
Roland Burrage Dixon
Collection place:
Spanish Flat, El Dorado County, California
Collection date:
1900
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis

4. Storage basket

Museum number:
1-14517
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
height 42.5 centimeters and diameter 68.5 centimeters
Collector:
C. F. Briggs
Collection place:
Chico, Butte County, California
Collection date:
1901
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis

5. Tray

Museum number:
1-14519
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Object class:
Basket trays and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
diameter 45 centimeters
Collector:
Carl Purdy
Collection place:
Spanish Flat, El Dorado County, California
Collection date:
1900
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix