Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Sedge root. Delicate designs in black and red. Black, red and yellow feathers; white beads.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Ukiah, Ukiah Valley, Mendocino County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Ukiah
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Maker or artist:
Old Mary
Collector:
John Preston Stanley and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Redbud, Sedge, Sedge root, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
August 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
whole— height 5.25 inches and whole— diameter 10.25 inches
Comment:
Photo: yes. For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 47.
Loans:
S2015-2016 #2: Berkeley Art Museum (February 18, 2015–June 7, 2016)