[Small coiled basket with brown geometric design on natural ground; constricted neck; covered with small round beads of light blue, dark blue, white and yellow. 4-2003] First tag reads: "1-10807 [number is crossed out]." Second tag reads: "Lost number. This number is not correct. Duplicate number." Per Ralph Shanks: Sedgeroot with designs in bulrush root. 4 types of beads- white, yellow, blue, and black/dark blue. Single rod coiling. Could be 1-70809 based on measurements and description.
Collection place:
North Central California
Culture or time period:
Wappo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 7 centimeters, height 4.5 centimeters, and circumference 11 centimeters