Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small, bottle-neck, coiled. Diamond pattern in brown and pink (flicker quills).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
South fork San Joaquin, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Joaquin River; South fork, San Joaquin River
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod, E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection, and Robert Johnston
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Brake fern and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Jar baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 5 inches and width 2.5 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-6080. Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 44