Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix) and copper wire, weft is Sedge root (Carex). Black pattern is Sedge root. Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Small, lattice-twined. Very heavy. Black feathers, 3 bands in red and black. Horizontal foundation of copper wire.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Central California Tribes
Maker or artist:
Lucy
Collector:
John Preston Stanley and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Copper (metal), Redbud, Sedge, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets, Coiled weaving, and Twined weaving
Accession date:
August 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 48