Cradle basket; twined. Warp is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud. 2 layers of fine sticks bound together. Basketry hood and milkweed fiber strap. Boy patterns on back and hood.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Wikchamni
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Redbud and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex and Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household and 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 32.25 inches
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 76.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #31: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (1960–July 21, 1967)