Coiled, with wide mouth and sloping sides. Decoration: 6 diagonal lines of dark brown solid diamonds extending the height of the basket. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches and frequent split stitching (stitches split on interior face). Herringbone border stitch at rim. Made with caladium root and bracken fern root.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Taxon:
Cladium
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 25.5 centimeters and height 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
This diamond motif was described as "rare" by Samuel A. Barrett (cf. fig. 74 in "Miwok Material Culture").
Loans:
S2008-2009 #1: Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians (September 4, 2008–December 1, 2011)