Acorn storage basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Clamshell beads attached, brown design in bands.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
Pomo. Undocumented.
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Conifer root, Redbud, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Pinus sabiniana, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 53.