Square basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Rattlesnake pattern in black and red.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Santa Rosa Rancheria, Kings County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kings; Santa Rosa Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Materials:
Brake fern, Redbud, and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-4966. Remarks: This was said by owner to be an aboriginal form. For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, P. 75.