Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). Black color is rush (Juncus) dyed in Suaeda. With diamond shaped pattern in brown bordered by black triangular pattern
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Los Angeles; San Fernando
Culture or time period:
Tongva
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Rush (material) and Skunkbush sumac
Taxon:
Juncus, Rhus trilobata, Sporobolus rigens, and Suaeda
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 7.875 inches and width 4.875 inches
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 93