Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Rush (Juncus) and Agave (Agave americana), weft is Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). Black color is Rush (Juncus) dyed in Parosela. With 4 simple black encircling bands. Old, bottom broken.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Southern California
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Taxon:
Agave deserti and Rhus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 14.5 inches and length 7 inches
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 93