Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2011-0001-0001 | |
| 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. 1900-1920s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) stems; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots | |
| Description | Deep round cooking basket with flat base and flaring sides, woven in coiled technique over bundle foundation; Basket start is a clock spring coil, work face is interior of basket and weaving is done in clockwise direction; Final bundle gradually tapers at rim; Primary warp material is stems of deer grass gathered into bundles; Primary weft material is peeled willow; Secondary weft materials used in designs includes split redbud stems and dyed bracken fern roots; Designs include two parallel bands around sides of basket, each showing a rattlesnake design comprising band of diamonds woven in redbud alternating with paired opposing triangles, woven in black bracken fern roots; A third band of elongated black dashes situated along two coils encircles basket just below rim. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 16.0, Max Diam = 43.6 | |