Artist:Susana Graves
Medium: Tule, reed
Dates:ca. 1906
Dimensions: 5 × 8 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (12.7 × 21.6 × 21 cm) mount (deck): 4 1/2 × 9 × 9 in. (11.4 × 22.9 × 22.9 cm)
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Accession Number: 08.491.8612
Image: 08.491.8612_0.491.8581_PS11.jpg,
Catalogue Description:
Coarsely woven basket filled with shredded tule fibers. It was used to store clay balls (see 08.491.8581) used for hunting waterfowl from balsa boats with a sling (see 06.331.8213). The set was made from materials found and growing around Clear Lake, and was commissioned by Stewart Culin. The balls are not fired in a kiln; there is some plant matter mixed with the clay and they are sun baked.