Tray basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Brake fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). 2 single concentric black lines for decoration.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tejon, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Tejon
Culture or time period:
Kitanemuk
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Brake fern, Willow (wood), and Yucca leaf
Taxon:
Salix, Sporobolus, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket trays, Coiled weaving, and Trays
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 1.5 inches and length 16 inches
Comment:
Additional original number: 45. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p 15.