Per Ralph Shanks: Single rod coiled basket. Weft background is willow. Red unpeeled willow designs outlined in black bracken fern root designs. Leftward warp direction. Northern Paiute or Washo. Starting knot similar to Washo but design is more Paiute. Old label says "Western Paiute".
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 7.5 centimeters and diameter 13 centimeters