Bowl basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). In twined weave "cuset" triangular design in red. Second origin. no. 323.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Redbud, Sedge, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 14 inches and length 22 inches
Comment:
For materials, see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 49
Loans:
S1980-1981 #71: Santa Rosa Junior College (May 11, 1981–June 17, 1981)