Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1986-0010-0008 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Western Mono | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Fresno | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Auberry | |
| Maker's Name | Maggie Marvin | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960 | |
| 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 slightly curving, flaring sides; Coiled on bundle foundation; Design consists of a wide, terraced zigzag band in redbud, outlined in bracken fern root, that rises and falls in diagonal segments as it encircles the basket; 2 segments of an identical and parallel band fill spaces above the primary design band. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 22.6, Max Diam = 35.5 | |