Conical burden basket. Alternating light and dark design bands. Base is missing, rim has broken away from body of basket in several places, warps broken in several places. Twining, wefts turn down to the right. Warps are made of willow, weft elements are of Xerophyllum tenax and pine root (probably gray pine).
Donor:
Thad W. Stevens
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
Northeastern Maidu attr. (Lawrence E. Dawson 1974). (previously attributed to Mill Creek, Tehama Co. Ca. based on collectors notes)
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Salina Davidson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Conifer root
Taxon:
Pinus sabiniana and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
For transportation of materials.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 54 centimeters and height 46 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: yes.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #65: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (April 17, 1962–September 28, 1962) and S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966)