Old hemispherical dark colored pottery bowl with broad flaring basketry rim, coiled, (originally) attached with asphalt. Pottery cover is coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sumac (Rhus). Black pattern is Sumac dyed in Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana).
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Torres-Martinez Reservation, Riverside County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Torres
Culture or time period:
Desert Cahuilla
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Elderberry, and Sumac (wood)
Taxon:
Rhus, Sambucus mexicana, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 43.3 centimeters and diameter 28.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-12294. Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary C. 1, P. 18