Openwork basket; twined. Warp is possibly Poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum), weft is yellow pine and Grape roots (Vitus californica). Willow (Salix) rim. Small, openwork. Dirty and worn from use. One portion of rim broken off. Plain twined. 3- strand twining on bottom. 3 closely plain twined rows at top. Warp ends braided together to form rim. A hoop is lashed inside the rim with cord. Carrying strap is a piece of fabric, attached by cord loops.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Baird (historic place), Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Baird
Culture or time period:
Wintu
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
November 1910
Materials:
Grape root, Pine (wood), Poison oak, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix, Toxicodendron diversilobum, and Vitis californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Burden basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 32 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 68.