Tray basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Dogwood Creek, Butte County, California
Culture or time period:
Konkow (Northwestern Maidu) and Maidu
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Materials:
Redbud and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Sifting basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 92: "k!opim...Informant says this basket is of maple & looks like regular Maidu basket". Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 34.