Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). Red pattern is Yucca. Red dye is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). With encircling band of zigzag design near top, about middle of basket 2 simple red encircling lines; carrying strap attached.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern
Culture or time period:
Shoshone
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Redbud, Skunkbush sumac, Willow (wood), and Yucca leaf
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Rhus trilobata, Salix, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat 1 p 94.