Bowl basket; coiled. Unknown warp, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis) and Cladium. Red pattern is boiled Redbud bark. With nearly vertical sides. Decoration: diagonal zigzag bands in black. 3-rod coiling with stitching split on interior face.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Cladium
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 23 centimeters and height 18.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1966-1967 #82: Mills College, Art Department (March 23, 1967–April 19, 1967)