Feathered hanging basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Sedge bark (Carex). weave 'bamsubu'; covered with green, red, and yellow feathers, glass beads and abalone bangles, quail crests around the edge.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mendocino County, California
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Materials:
Sedge and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 28.258 centimeters and height 8.255 centimeters
Loans:
S1971-1972 #112: Miwok Archaeological Preserve of Marin/Charles M. Slaymaker (March 7, 1972–March 13, 1972)