Bowl basket; lattice twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Alder root (Alnus rubra). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Scattered black feathers. Six complex bands in red.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1880-1902
Materials:
Alder root, Redbud, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Alnus rubra, Cercis occidentalis, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 53.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #28: Samuel A. Barrett (November 17, 1961–November 17, 1961) and S1968-1969 #22: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (September 18, 1968–September 18, 1968)