Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Rattlesnake and measuring worm designs.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Teshechu
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Ticetcu
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Materials:
Brake fern, Redbud, and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 20.3 centimeters and diameter 45.2 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "teel" - rattlesnake, "bantuk" - measuring worm. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, P. 76.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #73: University of California, Santa Barbara (March 18, 1964–April 17, 1965)