Basket; coiled. Warp is grass, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With incurving top. This is a treasure basket. Decoration: vertical diamond and zigzag patterns outlined in black. Made of maple and Pteridium; 3-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Central Sierra Miwok
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Brake fern and Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Pteridium
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Treasure baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Treasure basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 27 centimeters and height 15.5 centimeters
Comment:
Materials, techniques: For further information, cf. Supplemental Cat. 1, p. 38 Remarks: Lawrence E. Dawson attributed basket to culture on basis of close technical and material resemblances to 1-71169 from Sonora. Photo: 15-5977. References: Refer also to 1-10194 from Jamestown.