Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca, black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Double zigzag pattern in red around top. Step design near bottom.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kelso Valley, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Kelso Valley
Culture or time period:
Kawaiisu
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Devil's horn and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Proboscidea (plant), Salix, Sporobolus rigens, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 5.125 inches and length 14.5 inches
Comment:
Additional original number: 23. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 14.