Coiled basket, globular. Design is 8 black-outlined 4-sided form.
Donor:
Mrs. Nathan W. Beauchamp and Nathan W. Beauchamp
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Diegueño and Kumeyaay
Collector:
Members of the Church Family
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Made for sale. "Mission style trading basket-used for trading. Designs are of the mission period-simplified cross with dark brown and yellow design to highlight it. Very popular for bets in hand games or peon. Diegueño style of coil warping