Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens) and Sumac, weft is Sumac (Rhus) and Palm. Red pattern is possibly Yucca. Orange pattern is Jemens. Small deep basket, rough work, simple design.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman and University Appropriation
Collection place:
South Fork of Kern River, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; South Fork of Kern River
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
June 1916
Materials:
Sumac (wood)
Taxon:
Rhus, 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:
height 19 centimeters and diameter 31.3 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 57.