Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark. With recurving top. Complex V - shaped pattern in dark red.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1880-1902
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:
May 2, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 35.