Storage basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Rim bound with Grape (Vitus californica). Twined weave "cuset" triangular decorative pattern in red. Second original no. 100.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod, E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection, and J. H. Mallett Jr.
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Grape root, Redbud, Sedge, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Carex, Cercis occidentalis, Salix, and Vitis californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 23.5 inches and width 19.625 inches
Comment:
J. H. Mallett, Jr. Coll. For materials, see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 50