Flat based basket with straight vertical sides. Coiled over bundled foundation. Round start. Light background with single dark row at edge of base, repeated dark stepped pattern up sides with dark diagonal stitching over rim. Per Ralph Shanks: Black is devil's claw pod, light background is willow. Foundation possibly is Nolina. Probably made for sale around the 1940’s.
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.5 centimeters and height 16 centimeters