Dipper basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Decoration: triangular and diamond-like designs in red.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Bear Creek, Mariposa County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Bear Creek
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
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:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a dipper.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 22 centimeters and height 9 centimeters
Comment:
Materials, techniques: For further information, cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 38.