Winnower basket; warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Diagonal twining. Two bands.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Lake Tahoe, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Lake Tahoe
Culture or time period:
Washoe
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Brake fern and Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Pteris quilina
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 63.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #131: Department of Anthropology (SF State University) (April 30, 1968–May 15, 1968) and S1983-1984 #15: Lawrence E. Dawson/Lawrence E. Dawson (September 22, 1983–September 26, 1983)