Bowl basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Round, flat base, bottle shape, 4 circular bands of brown on natural ground, red yarn and quail top-knot feather trim around shoulder and neck. Interrupted stitch.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Piute Mountain, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Piute Mountain
Culture or time period:
Kawaiisu
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 22.3 centimeters and diameter 11.4 centimeters