Coiled. Juncus textilis rush. Narrow band design near rim. Remnants of tick pattern on rim.
Donor:
Virginia Wilson
Collection place:
Camarillo, Ventura County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Ventura; Camarillo
Culture or time period:
Chumash
Collector:
George Tasheira
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
For mush boiling?
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 42 centimeters and depth 20.2 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: watik. "The design band near the top of the basket had a special technical term tswostolkoy (Ventureno dialect) and was always placed about as far below the rim as the width of the band itself. The design units were called (in Spanish) "venaditos" (little deer).
Loans:
S1971-1972 #13: California State University, Sacramento (August 16, 1971–September 9, 1971)