Plate basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampus (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Rhus. Pattern is black Rhus dyed with Sambucus.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; Mesa Grande
Culture or time period:
Diegueño and Kumeyaay
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Elderberry and Sumac (wood)
Taxon:
Rhus, Sambucus, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
A husking tray (winnowing tray) for acorn or any food seeds that have a husk covering the meal of the seed. Used by everyone, mush use in summer. A tray for trading also. Fide James C. Moreno, February 22, 1983.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 37.2 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1 Page 8. Photo: 15-12282. Published: Publ. AMNH, Vol. 20, Page 181.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #59: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis) (April 4, 1962–October 17, 1962)