Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Round coiled basket with decorative design in red, representing arrow points onw above another placed in six rows, also 6 zigzag lines.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
The Emporium Company, Carson City, Nevada
Verbatim coll. place:
Nevada; Carson City
Culture or time period:
Washo
Maker or artist:
Datsolalee
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Redbud and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
ca. 1897-1899
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
whole— height 4.75 inches and whole— diameter 7.25 inches
Comment:
Published: Mason's Aboriginal American Basketry pl. 181. Remarks: 2nd basket from left. For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 65.
Loans:
S1974-1975 #66: California State University, East Bay (February 14, 1975–March 12, 1976), S1978-1979 #24: San Jose Museum of Art (October 24, 1978–January 19, 1979), S1978-1979 #72: University of British Columbia (June 28, 1979–October 22, 1979), and S2015-2016 #1: Nevada Museum of Art (July 15, 2015–July 26, 2016)