Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0013-0042 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Yokuts | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920-1940 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) stems; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots | |
| Description | Round mush boiler basket with flat base and gently curved vertical sides; Coiled on bundle foundation; Designs on side of basket consist of 2 parallel negative zigzag bands (snake pattern) (upper one in bracken fern root and lower one in both redbud and bracken fern root), each band broken into 4 segments by 4 vertical columns of stacked triangles (2 in redbud, 2 in bracken fern roots). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.4, Max Diam = 30.8 | |