Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Skunkbush (Rhus trilobata). Black color is Skunkbush dyed in Elderberry (Sambucus nigra). With representation of woman and animals.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Diego, San Diego County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; San Diego
Culture or time period:
Diegueño and Kumeyaay
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Elderberry and Skunkbush sumac
Taxon:
Rhus trilobata, Sambucus nigra, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Early 19th century Mission style husking basket - made for show or display - made after Mission contact" -Fide, James C. Moreno, February 22, 1983.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 15.25 inches and width 4.75 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-12285. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 93.