Beginning of basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix) and Sedge root (Carex), weft is Sedge. Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Foundation is 3 rods, 1 fibre.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Stonyford, Colusa County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Colusa; Stonyford
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
December 21, 1903
Materials:
Redbud, Sedge, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-6082. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 49. Published in BAE B78 Pl. 55