2-71980 (attributed PAHMA number, The tag is mislabeled as 1-71980.)
Object count:
1
Description:
Per Ralph Shanks: Water bottle/seed bottle. Diagonal twined up to the right slant of weft twist. Alternating peeled and unpeeled willow zigzag designs. Two sets of two bands of black. Black is bracken fern. Two cordage handles. Top has single white bands. Basket does not have pitch, probably never used. Bottom is three strand twined and the mouth of the jar is wrapped. Tag says "Paiute Reno NV". Has 1-71980 on it and has same dimensions as described on catalog card. Probably came in with Grace Blair DePue collection acc. 838.
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
Paiute
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 17 centimeters and diameter 11.5 centimeters