Baby basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Head piece is same. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder (Alnus rubra). Open twined work; plain twining in center; from rim to approximately 5.5 cm from edge, twill twining alternates with one or two rows of red and w
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Baird (historic place), Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Baird
Culture or time period:
Wintu
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and John Campbell Merriam
Collection date:
1903
Materials:
Alder root, Chain fern, Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Alnus rubra, Pinus sabiniana, Salix, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 23 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-2557" Published: "BAE-B78, Pl 35" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 68
Loans:
S2001-2002 #18: Turtle Bay Exploration Park (May 12, 2002–October 28, 2003)