Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southern Mines Country, Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Southern Mines Country
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Twined weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Used in preparation of seeds, etc.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 49 centimeters and diameter 39 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #10: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (August 24, 1961–September 14, 1961), S1971-1972 #22: Berkeley High School/David H. Eichorn (September 29, 1971–November 10, 1971), and S1971-1972 #53: UC Berkeley Extension/Daphne D. Stern (November 18, 1971–November 18, 1971)