1-20920 (attributed PAHMA number, Object found with a label with this number. Museum number does not match object record.)
Object count:
1
Description:
Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl, coiled in rightward direction with bound under weft fag ends. The background is sumac with juncus design. Design is black with occasional red juncus. Vertical zigzag design rising from band at base, 14 design pairs, and 1 single. The basket has a grass bundle foundation. The rim is plain wrapped with some herring bone design. The rim is glued in places. Tag says 1-20920, which is the wrong number.
Collection place:
Southern California
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9 centimeters and diameter 32.5 centimeters