Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Wuksachi and Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Materials:
Brake fern, Redbud, and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 47.2 centimeters and height 24.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "amat" Photo: 15-4965. Remarks: "Designs: called tapatapatci (butterfly) and idwaiyu (a large reddish nocturnal worm)." "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, P. 76