Tray basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Grape (Vitus californica). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled. Tray with concentric decoration of four maroon bands, of which the first and third from center are fringed by acute triangles. 3-rod foundation.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Patwin
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod, E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection, and Mr. Fink
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Grape root, Redbud, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Salix, and Vitis californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
A gambling tray used with dice LMA #21021. Says Lawrence E. Dawson, "Maybe, but has long use pattern of a winnowing and parching tray, burn marks, worn in center, etc. It is definitely not a Yokuts gambling tray.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 56 centimeters and height 5.8 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original number: 250. Published: Mason's Aboriginal Basketry p. 283 plate 38. References: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 p. 74.
Loans:
S1970-1971 #132: California State University, East Bay/Vera Mae Frederickson (May 17, 1971–April 10, 1972) and S1976-1977 #48: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (February 12, 1977–February 12, 1977)