Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. With 2 bands of "rattlesnake" design in red and black; fringe of quail plumes and red yarn on shoulder.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Canebrake Canyon, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Canebrake Canyon
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Redbud and Yucca leaf
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Sporobolus rigens, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Jar baskets
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 5.5 inches and length 6.5 inches
Comment:
Additional original number: 168. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1 p 58.