Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex). Conical spaced, diagonal-twined. Three bands in red. Soaproot glue.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Redbud and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex and Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Carrying basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 65.3 inches
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 75.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #9: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (August 11, 1961–August 25, 1961) and S1982-1983 #43: SFO Museum (May 24, 1983–December 7, 1983)