H16.3700

ca. 1900-1920
18 in HIGH
(45.72 cm HIGH)
Gift of Mrs. John J. Valentine
H16.3700


Basket for burdens. Twined "Miwok or Maidu."(LR, 4/79)[vv,6/91] "Probably Southern Miwok, not Maidu burden basket. Like others made for sale to non-Indians with split shoots, bracken fern root and probably willow rods - possibly ca. 1900-1920." (Craig Bates, 7/91)

Used: made for sale

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