Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0744 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Modoc | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Modoc, Siskiyou | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Tule or bulrush (Scirpus acutus) stems; Cattail (Typha latifolia) leaves; Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.) stems; Phragmites reed stems | |
| Description | Deep round basket with flat base and vertical sides; Woven primarily in 2-strand twining with several rows of 3-strand twining at juncture of base and sides; Design is woven in full-twist overlay and wrapped twining techniques and consists of 2 parallel zigzag lines, each composed of terraced zigzag with small pendant triangles above and below; Single row of phragmites reed appears at lower side of basket. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.0, Max Diam = 19.7 | |