H16.483
5.5 in DEEP
(13.97 cm DEEP)
(13.97 cm DEEP)
East central, CA | 1908 Expedition
Oakland Museum of California; Charles P. Wilcomb Collection
H16.483
Basket bowl, coiled weave. Miwok Tribe
"Globular."(Dawson,65)[vv,6/91]
"A most unusually patterned Miwok basket for storage of valued items, coiled in sedge with bracken fern root design. "Ticking" near rim, and human-like figures very unusual in Miwok basketry. Design not redbud as originally catalogued." (Craig Bates, 7/91)
Used: storage
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