Coiled, string basket, squat globular shape; design: 4 colors of dyed yarn in serrated diamond pattern. Some insect damage to wool yarns both inside and out. Foundation of shiny wheat or oat straw, sewing strands of white cotton string, design of dyed wool yarns. Note some insect damage to wool yarns both inside and out.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
Collected in Ahwahnee
Culture or time period:
Chukchansi
Maker or artist:
Eleanor James
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
1903-1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Gift basket for small objects.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 17.5 centimeters and diameter 25 centimeters