Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Flat base, flaring sides. Large star design with zigzag design around rim. Dark brown on natural ground. Rim broken in one area.
Donor:
Roland Burrage Dixon
Collection place:
Lewiston, Trinity County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Henry Paulson and Roland Burrage Dixon
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Redbud and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 14.5 centimeters and diameter 47.1 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-6081" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 69" "See letter by R. B. Dixon of Sept. 13, 1906." Note: Rightward warp direction, splint and rod foundation, both distinctive to Yuki. Also has redbud designs, peeled redbud for background, twined starting knot, and concentric circles at base all common to Yuki.