Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sumac (Rhus). Brown pattern is Rush (Juncus) dyed in Suaeda. Black pattern is Sumac dyed in Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana).
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Temecula, Riverside County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Riverside; Temecula
Culture or time period:
Luiseño
Maker or artist:
Aguida
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Grace Nicholson
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Elderberry, Rush (material), and Sumac (wood)
Taxon:
Juncus, Rhus, Sambucus mexicana, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters and diameter 40.8 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-12300" Published: "A.M. N.H.J. Vol. 20, Page 181" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, Page 18. " Note on catalog card says from "Aguida". There is a documented basket maker by the name of Aguida, see National Anthropological Archives number NAA INV 01585100.