Unfinished basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Willow hoop bound with Pine (Pinus). Bamtush weave.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pinoleville, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Pinoleville
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Pine (wood), Redbud, Sedge, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, Pinus, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 44 inches and width 28 inches
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 46