Openwork bowl basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Willow. Plain - twined. Strong border finish in four laps.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Used for food preparation for wet materials, e.g. shellfish, fish, seaweed, cleaning roots and bulbs.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 42 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4032. Published: AAE VII, 3, pl 25, fig 5. Remark: For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 50. Class of baskets call pase; these called bamtush pase (plained twined pase).