Coiled basket. Outside covered with iridescent green mallard feathers broken up by white feathers into diamond design. Quail topknots around rim. Wefts are sedge root.
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:
9 centimeters and 7.5 centimeters
Loans:
S2005-2006 #5: California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (October 7, 2005–March 15, 2006) and S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)