Basket; coiled. Warp is possibly Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is dyed Redbud bark. Red border and triangle patterns.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Greenville, Plumas County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Plumas; Greenville
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
John Preston Stanley and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1900-1901
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:
August 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 16 centimeters and height 9 centimeters
Comment:
Maidu, Greenville, Plumas County" "Obtained from Indian School Teacher". Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 33.