Cooking basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine root (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Brown dye is conifer root. Close plain twined weave, one medium and 3 narrow red bands.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Wappo, Alexander Valley, near Healdsburg.
Culture or time period:
Wappo
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
July 1908
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:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 61.