| Catalog Number |
CAS 0090-0009 |
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| 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 |
late 1800s |
| 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 |
Deep round basket with flat base and flaring sides; Woven in coiling technique over bundle foundation; Designs include 4 vertical groups of stacked triangles (3 lines of triangles in black, 2 in red) called the arrow quiver design, framed above by a diamond back snake pattern in red and black, and segments of black ticking along rim. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 10.2, Max Diam = 26.2 |