Twined basketry jar. Pitched inside, mouth very small, partly torn. After every 3 to 5 courses of plain twining are 3 courses of 3 strand twining. Warp and weft are Juncus.
Donor:
U.S Department of Agriculture
Collection place:
CA-SBa-525, Santa Barbara County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Santa Barbara; Cuyama Mountains CA-SBa-525.
Culture or time period:
Chumash
Collector:
James P. Heath
Collection date:
1907
Taxon:
Juncus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bottles, Twined weaving, and Water bottles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 20 inches
Comment:
References: "For materials see supplementary catalog 1, p. 7; also see cat. for further info. & details.