Coiled. Fancy basket. Globular. Pendants of blue, yellow and clear glass trade beads, each ending with single olivella shell. 2 dark terrace bands on body, "H"-like design at rim.
Donor:
Fred Clapp
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Mrs. Cora Vesta Clapp
Collection date:
1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Novelty
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 7.5 centimeters and diameter 12 centimeters
Comment:
Confirmed as Western Mono during Big Sandy Rancheria consultation.