Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). Black color is Skunkbush dyed in Elderberry (Sambucus nigra). Yellow color is Rush (Juncus) dyed Parosela. Decorated with 3 angular figures of 3 lines each.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southern California
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Sonora
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Elderberry, Rush (material), and Skunkbush sumac
Taxon:
Dalea, Juncus, Rhus trilobata, Sambucus nigra, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 2.75 inches and length 6.625 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-12261; 15-12308. Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 93