Basket
- Object Name:
- Basket
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.607
- Place of Origin:
- Northern California or Oregon
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Native American coiled basketry bowl. Polychrome; yellow bands below rim. Black markings on interior suggest the basket was heated, perhaps with heated stones.
- Material:
- Grass
Fiber - Dimensions:
- H-3.5 Dia-7 inches
- Provenance:
- Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #607: "Indian Cooking Basket or Pot. Meat was cooked or water boiled by heating stones in fire and dropping in the basket. See marks in this one. Bought in Frisco, Cal. Aug. 1902."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
- Subjects:
- Baskets, Bowls (Tableware), Cooking
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