Carex /sedge root fiber. One coil, fine, for basketry.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Big Lake quarters, Round Valley, Mendocino County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Big Lake quarters
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Materials:
Sedge root
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketmaking supplies
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Basket material
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #41: Art Department (SF State University)/Lawrence E. Dawson (December 15, 1964–December 15, 1964), S1974-1975 #118: Lawrence Hall of Science/Jennifer White (June 26, 1975–July 1, 1975), and S1979-1980 #55: California Academy of Sciences (April 4, 1980–December 19, 1981)