Bowl basket; lattice twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Alder root (Alnus rubra). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Six complex bands in dark red. White beads. Bottom is torn. Height: 38 cm, Diameter: 52 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1880-1902
Materials:
Plant fiber (warp)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 52 centimeters and height 38 centimeters
Comment:
For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 53. 1-19-1994 missing; 5-1994 found.