Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Design is 2 bands of double rows of diamonds in red.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kern River Valley, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Kern Valley
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal
Maker or artist:
Mrs. Francisco Chico
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Devil's horn, Redbud, and Yucca leaf
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Proboscidea (plant), Sporobolus rigens, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 8.75 inches and width 4.875 inches
Comment:
Additional original numbers: 52 and 26. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1 p 58.
Loans:
S1973-1974 #53: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 22, 1974–January 26, 1974)