Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex). Brown color is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Coiled, flat-top, with red yarn and brass bead decoration. Four complex bands, etc., in black. Rare shape.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1880-1902
Materials:
Brake fern, Redbud, and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, and Pteris quilina
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Jar baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 19.4 centimeters and height 8.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 44