Sifter, open diagonal twined. Deep, with bulbous sides. Warp and half of weft material is in redbud, while the other half of the weft material is white.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Used in harvesting/preparation of seeds - seeds are separated from their outer cases with the use of sifters.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 22 centimeters, diameter 23.5 centimeters, and height 11 centimeters