Plate form coiled basket. In very good condition; food residue (?) in cracks. A red vertical zigzag design runs horizontally around basket. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Food serving coiled basket with flaring sides. The start is tightly coiled, with a slight indentation. The foundation is made of three rods. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with an abrupt ending, with a few over-stitches at the end. There is one horizontal zigzag design. There are a few Yuki-style random rectangles, about five. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. 30-40% of stitches are split. The weft fag ends and moving ends are concealed. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Wailaki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 28 centimeters and height 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 110: Tip's people, informants. Owing to lateness, names etc were not obtained. Localities were however. Made by her (Wailaki). Old lady." Photo: "15-6635" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 60" Per Ruth Merrill: Warp is possibly willow or hazel. Welft is redbud, and red pattern is also redbud.