Very large old deep coiled basket. "Purchased from an old Indian woman at Capistrano, but made at Aguida." Comment may have meant made by Aguida, there are several women by the name of Aguida that lived a San Juan Capistrano, including one photographed by Grace Nicholson in the book "In and Out of the Old Missions of California: An Historical and Pictorial Account of the Franciscan Missions" by George Wharton James on page 66 plate XIVa. Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens). Epicampes is Sumac (Rhus). Black pattern is Rush (Juncus) dyed in Suaeda. Yellow dye is derived from Parosela.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Mission San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
San Juan Capistrano. California; Aguida
Production place:
Aguida, Santa Barbara County, California
Culture or time period:
Acjachemen and Luiseño
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Rush (material) and Sumac (wood)
Taxon:
Dalea, Juncus, Rhus, Sporobolus rigens, and Suaeda
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 56.5 centimeters and height 24 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-12305" Published: "A.M.N.H. Vol. 20 P. 181" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary C. 1, P. 18.