Spherical bowl basket; diagonal - twined basket. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). With unfinished rim with warps of various lengths. Diagonal triangle and parallelogram design 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:
Redbud, Sedge, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex, 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)
Dimensions:
whole— height 8.5 inches and whole— diameter 11 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-4754. Published: AAE VII, 3, pl 17, Fig 5. Remark: For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 50.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #28: Samuel A. Barrett (November 17, 1961–November 17, 1961), S1973-1974 #95: Mendocino Art Center (May 15, 1974–June 25, 1974), S1976-1977 #48: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (February 12, 1977–February 12, 1977), S1993-1994 #16: Sun Gallery (April 11, 1994–June 23, 1994), and S2015-2016 #2: Berkeley Art Museum (February 18, 2015–June 7, 2016)