Basket; coiled. Warp is possibly Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is dyed Redbud bark. Zigzag design of black rhomboidal figures.
Donor:
American Museum of Natural History
Collection place:
Chico, Butte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Butte; Chico
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Mrs. T. K. Gibbs
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Redbud and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 19 centimeters and height 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 33.