Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Rush (Juncus). Black color is Rush dyed in Suaeda. With black zigzag encircling pattern, edges broken.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Los Angeles County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Los Angeles
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Rush (material)
Taxon:
Sporobolus rigens and Suaeda
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 16 inches and width 5 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-12286; 15-12287. Remarks: "For materials see supplementary cat. 1, p. 93.