Round, flat base, flaring sides. Coiled 3-stick basket with rattlesnake design: wide bands of triangular design in red and black on natural ground.
Donor:
Annie Montague Alexander
Collection place:
San Joaquin Valley, California
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
October 31, 1950
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9 inches and diameter 17 inches
Comment:
Per ledger: "Coiled 3 stick basket with rattlesnake design. 17" dia., 9" h. Southern San Joaquin Yokuts? Annie M. Alexander via Ruben A. Stirton. Rec'd 10/31/50." [Note: the entire entry cited is in ink except for the word "Yokuts?" and the question mark that is in different handwriting and in pencil. 3-2003]