Diamond shaped, fringe on two sides, flat handle. Black glass seed beads form background with white, orange, green and translucent gold-colored beads forming all over geometric design.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Northeastern California tribes
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 21 centimeters and width 14.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: "Orchard, William C. "Beads and Beadwork of the American Indian", Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York, 1929, Vol. II, pp. 92-95.