Bowl basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex) and Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Sedge bark. In weave called "bamtuc." Decorative pattern six red bands, one black. Second origin. no. 371.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod, E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection, and J. H. Mallett Jr.
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 11 inches and length 15.625 inches
Comment:
For materials, see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 49