Spherical basket; diagonal twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Spheroidal diagonal twined basket. Crossing double triangle design, etc., in black. Per Samuel Barrett: cooking basket.
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:
Redbud, Sedge root, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-4048; 15-4760. Published: AAE VII, 3, pl 17, fig 6 Remark: For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 45.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #28: Samuel A. Barrett (November 17, 1961–November 17, 1961)