Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is possibly Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With black design representing 3 horses.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Nevada
Verbatim coll. place:
Nevada
Culture or time period:
Washo
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Brake fern and Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Pteris quilina
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 3.75 inches and length 5.75 inches
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 65.