Carrying basket; twined. Warp is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum), weft is Maple.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
West Point, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Washo, obtained from Miwok at West Point, Calaveras county
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok and Washo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Maple (wood)
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
whole— diameter 24 inches and whole— height 25 inches
Comment:
Published: "UC PAAE 31 #2, pl. 9a". For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 42.
Loans:
S1982-1983 #46: University of California, Santa Cruz (September 7, 1983–October 27, 1983) and S2015-2016 #1: Nevada Museum of Art (July 15, 2015–July 26, 2016)