Coiled basket. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Black pattern is Sedge root bark. Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). With red triangle design. Some colored feathers.
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:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 61.