Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Coated inside and out with soaproot juice (Chlorogalum pomeridianum) to make it seed-tight. Decoration: horizontal red band near rim. Point has leather reinforcement sewn on. Diagonal twining.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Chicken Ranch, Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tuolumne; Chicken Ranch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Franklin Fenenga and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Redbud and Soaproot
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used to transport harvested seeds and other food products.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 57.5 centimeters and 51 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: tcikele - basket type; palawi - soaproot juice. "Note: "the soaproot juice is applied by roasting the root in ashes and white..." (field notes end at this point)".