Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder (Alnus rubra). Similar (to 1-16564?); smaller; "(small deep, narrow at top)" added in pen. Very grimy from use. Globose shape. Horizontal dotted and solid stripes. White and red overlay, 2-faced, on brown. Mostly plain twined. 3-strand twining occurs: approximately 2 cm out from start; 1 row approximately 4 cm from start; top 2 rows, forming a rim.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Churntown (historical), Shasta Lake, Shasta County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Churntown
Culture or time period:
Northern Wintun and Wintu
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
November 1910
Materials:
Alder root, Chain fern, Common beargrass, Pine (wood), and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Alnus rubra, Salix, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1910
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 69.