Gift basket. Coiled, subglobular. Formerly feathered (motheaten). Some clamshell beads still attached. Rim damaged in one area.
Donor:
Dolores Juarez Unger and Vivian J. Rose
Collection place:
Rancho Tulucay, Napa Valley, Napa County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Napa; Rancho Tulucay
Culture or time period:
Patwin, Pomo, and Wappo
Collector:
Mrs. Juarez
Collection date:
ca. 1840
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 12.5 centimeters and diameter 22.5 centimeters
Comment:
1-234109 is of Patwin and not Wappo origin. My research indicates that Cayetano and Maria Juarez interacted with only Wintun-speaking indigenous groups in the area. Rancho "Tulucay" was named after a local Patwin village phonetically pronounced "Tu-lo-kai (eye)", later name was changed to "Tulocay". per April Farnham/Graduate Student, Cultural Resources Management, Sonoma State University and the Napa County Historical Society.