Plate basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sumac (Rhus). Yellow pattern is Rush (Juncus) dyed in Parosela. Black pattern is Sumac dyed in Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana).
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Saboba Indian Reservation, Riverside County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Riverside; Saboba
Culture or time period:
Luiseño
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
June-July 1908
Materials:
Elderberry, Rush (material), and Sumac (wood)
Taxon:
Dalea, Juncus, Rhus, Sambucus mexicana, and Sporobolus rigens
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 34 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "They [the objects] arrived in accessions 340-346, the data concerning which have been consolidated under accession No. 340. For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 18.