Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With zigzag design in black, herringbone edge.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Nevada
Verbatim coll. place:
Nevada
Culture or time period:
Washo
Maker or artist:
Datsolalee
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod, E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection, and Mrs. William Tevis
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Brake fern, Redbud, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Pteris quilina, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1860-1916
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 6 inches and length 11 inches
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 65.