Oval-shaped coiled basket; redbud designs; a) basket has upper band of diagonal lines, lower band of vertical lines; b) lid has zigzag encircling band.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sierra foothills, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman and Sarah A. Lyman
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:
1969
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
a)— length 16.5 centimeters and b)— length 14.8 centimeters