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Tray

MOA: University of British Columbia

3074/2

Low, wide, dished tray for sifting acorn flour. Under-structure is made of willow, with tightly wrapped root. Imbrication is a dark brown colour in a lizard track design, spiraling from the rim in toward the centre or base on both interior and exterior of the tray.

  • Narrative

    Originally owned by the donor's late husband's grandmother, Eleanor Caldwell Browne. She taught at a government Indian school in Indian Valley, near Greenville, Plumas County, California, from 1897-99. It is thought that the baskets were a gift to her during that time.

  • Type of Item tray
  • Culture Maidu
  • Material redbud root, willow root, acorn dye
  • Measurements height 4.5 cm, diameter 27.5 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Eleanor Caldwell Browne, Claudine B. Nelson
  • Received from Claudine B. Nelson
  • Made in California
  • Creation Date between 1850 and 1900
  • Ownership Date before 1947, before September 18, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on September 18, 2014
  • Item Classes basketry
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3074/0002

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