Unfinished basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Shuset weave.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Lake, Lake County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Lake; Upper Lake
Culture or time period:
Eastern Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Redbud, Sedge, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: S. A. Barrett Pomo collection, bought in 1903 by A. L. Kroeber. Covers collections by S. A. Barrett are 3900-3917, 4086-88 and 4454-4472; also 4227 and 4414-20. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 47