Coiled, truncated conical shape. Complex zigzag designs in 3-part layout in dark red-brown redbud patterns. Ticked coil end. 3-rod bundle foundation of peeled shoots; sewing strands of split peeled redbud shoots and unpeeled redbud shoots.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
Early 1900's
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Used for boiling mush at feasts. Shows evidence of much use.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 50.5 centimeters and diameter 74.5 centimeters