Basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Twined, bowl-shaped. Grimy from use. 1-faced white overlay design, with lattice-twined grass stems dividing design. Three-strand twining for 1.5 cm radius from start; 2 single rows at approximately 5.5 and 6 cm from start.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Baird (historic place), Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Baird
Culture or time period:
Wintu
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and John Campbell Merriam
Collection date:
1903
Materials:
Common beargrass, Pine (wood), and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Mush server.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Published: "AAE, II, 4, p 135, Fig 214" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 69