Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small nicely made bottleneck basket with long quail plumes at the shoulder and 3 bands of rattlesnake pattern.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Mitcahai
Collector:
Francis A. Riddell and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Materials:
Brake fern, Redbud, and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Jar baskets
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "o'sa". Photo: 15-4966. Published: B.A.E.B. 78 Pl 50. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, P. 75.