Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Zigzag band of black white beads; blue beads; a few black feathers.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Dick Hall's Ranch, Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Sonoma; Dick Halls Ranch
Culture or time period:
Northern Pomo
Maker or artist:
Anna Mendona
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:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
August 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Made by Anna Mandona on Dick Hall's ranch. "Walker Indians." For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 52.