Old coiled bowl basket. Weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Scattered short zigzag bands in red; single rod foundation.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Coast Miwok and Northern Pomo
Maker or artist:
Josephine
Collector:
John Preston Stanley and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Redbud and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex and Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 24.5 centimeters and height 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
Other basket bought from same woman is of Pomo type. For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 51.