Child's burden basket

Child's burden basket

A small conical basket woven with willow sedge and redbud. On the rim there is a bright red bead, and the basket has a twine string handle.
  • Object: Child's burden basket
  • Artist: Julia Parker
  • Circa: 2007
  • Dimensions: 5" long x 3" opening
  • Culture Area: West Coast / California
  • Cultural Group: Coast Miwok & Kashia Pomo
  • Cultural Context: "Julia Parker, an Indian cultural demonstrator since 1960, continues to preserve the customs and traditions of her Kashaya Pomo/Coast Miwok ancestors, as well as those of her husband's Yosemite Miwok/ Pauite family." Excerpt from her signed and printed postcard. She is an enrolled citizen with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. ~YR 8/12/24
  • Donor: Sharon Koch
  • Catalog #: 2025.5.7