H87.79.23

Basket. Description: Three-rod coiled, spheroidal Wappo/Pomo style basket. Repeated three times along side of basket: diagonal arrangement of triangles with a row of small rectangles within rectangles. In circular band on the bottom of the basket is a row of seven quail plume-like elements. Design elements are dark brown (possibly bulrush root) against tan (probably sedge root). Dimensions: 215mm(d); 80mm(h) History: See Donor File "This is not consistent with what I understood Somersal's style to be. It looks earlier than her life time, due to materials, weave, and size. She made smaller pieces, and her sedge was white."(B. Bernstein, 7/9/91)