Carrying basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Juncus, rim is bound with Rhus.
Donor:
U.S Department of Agriculture
Collection place:
CA-SBa-525, Santa Barbara County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Santa Barbara; Cuyama Mountains. CA-SBa-525.
Culture or time period:
Chumash
Collector:
James P. Heath
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Sumac (wood)
Taxon:
Juncus and Rhus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Of type of Southern California carrying basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 21 inches
Comment:
For materials see supplementary catalog 1, page 7." Remarks: "BAE B78 Pl. 54." "15-4810" "See acc. envelope for further details, also see catalog for info. in remarks column