Coiled basket. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Black pattern is Sedge root bark. Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Beads, pendants, string bead handle.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Sonoma; Alexander Valley
Culture or time period:
Wappo
Collector:
John Preston Stanley and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Redbud, Sedge, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
August 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Published: "AR9, p. 91, S2f". For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 61.
Loans:
S1938-1939 #1: Golden Gate International Exposition (February 14, 1939–October 11, 1940)