Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Dogwood Creek, Butte County, California
Culture or time period:
Konkow (Northwestern Maidu) and Maidu
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Materials:
Redbud, Redbud bark, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 12.5 centimeters and diameter 28.5 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 94: "pustonim basket obtained from same as 1270 [i.e. Dogwood people in the Sierras east of Chico]". Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 35.