Unfinished cooking basket; twined bamtush weave. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is possibly gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pinoleville, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Pinoleville
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Conifer root, Redbud, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Pinus sabiniana, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 53. Card stamped: "Patio Case Exh '69-