Cup basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black color is dyed Redbud bark. Small cup shaped coiled basket with side handle. Two plain bands in dark red.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Sonoma; Alexander Valley
Culture or time period:
Wappo
Collector:
John Preston Stanley and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Redbud, Sedge root, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
August 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 11 centimeters and height 5 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 61.