Receptacle basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Old and flat without decoration, executed in one-stick coiling technique with interlocking stitches.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Jackson Rancheria, Jackson, Amador County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Amador; Jackson Reservation
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)
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a general receptacle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 39 centimeters and height 6.7 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "ulita" or "ulida". Materials, techniques: For materials, cf. Suplementary Catalogue 1, p. 41. Photo: yes. Published: Milw. Pub. Mus. Bull. vol. 2, pl. 49. Conservation: Basket has been repaired at rim.
Loans:
S2008-2009 #1: Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwok Indians (September 4, 2008–December 1, 2011) and S2012-2013 #2: Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwok Indians (November 1, 2012–May 2, 2013)