Twined, globular shape with wrapped rim. Designs: four horizontal rows sawtooth pattern. Materials: Peeled hazel shoot warp, Xerophyllum tenax and alder dyed and black dyed Woodwardia fern fiber overlay on pine root weft.
Donor:
Mrs. Thomas Porter
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Wiyot
Collector:
John T. Porter Family
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Probably made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 21.5 centimeters and height 14 centimeters