12 (original number, in small type) and 225 (original number, In large type)
Accession number:
Acc.485
Object count:
1
Description:
Accompanying tag reads: "Basket. Round, flat base, sides incurving, design of stepped triangular elements alternating with vertical diamond elements, in brown on light brown ground"; paper tag with number 12 and 225 pasted on inside. H - 12.7cm. diam. at rim - 13.2cm. 7-19-1995 Basket was found on Washo shelf. L. Dawson states that basket might be Maidu; split stitches but not consistent, maybe split maple shoots. Per Ralph Shanks: Globular bowl, contracting towards mouth. Coiled 3 rod basket with redbud and bracken fern root designs. Background peeled shoot, possibly maple. Leftward warp direction. 5 interlocked vertical diamonds with center half filled. Other design of 6-7 peaked mountain like figures, 5 vertical rows of 10 figures. Weaver hair woven in. Could be 1-72892 based on dimensions but original number does not match. Original numbering system is consistent with Shoemaker accession 485.
Donor:
Gertrude C. Shoemaker
Collection place:
North Central California
Culture or time period:
Maidu and Washoe
Maker or artist:
Scees Bryant and Datsolalee
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1860-1915
Accession date:
1915
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 12.7 centimeters and diameter 13.2 centimeters