Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sumac (Rhus). Black pattern is Rush (Juncus) dyed in Suaeda.Yellow pattern is dye made from Parosela.
Donor:
Philip Stedman Sparkman
Collection place:
Valley Center (CDP), San Diego County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; Valley Center
Culture or time period:
Luiseño
Collector:
Philip Stedman Sparkman
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Rush (material) and Sumac (wood)
Taxon:
Dalea, Juncus, Rhus, Sporobolus rigens, and Suaeda
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 15.8 centimeters and diameter 43.6 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-12289; 15-12290. Published: Anthro. Papers AMNH vol. 20, p. 182. Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalog 1, p. 18