Winnowing tray; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Ten colored bands, etc.; design of linear bands and 1 row of diamonds in red Joshua tree root material.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Panamint and Shoshone
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Context of use:
Plaque for meal sifting and seed parching.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 38 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 44.