Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0762 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake | |
| Other Geographic Data | Long Valley area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots; California quail (Callipepla californica) top knot feathers | |
| Description | Round basket with wide flat base and rounded sides that curve inward toward rim; Woven in coiling technique on 3-rod foundation; Designs include 4 small crosses on base, very wide zigzag band with slender serrated edges encircling side of basket and extending from base to rim (lightning pattern), and alternating dark and light segments around rim; Black quail topknot feathers are randomly placed around upper sides of basket and around rim. [In 1977 Pomo basketweaver Mable McKay identified this design as the “Lighting†design. She also attributed this basket to the Long Valley area.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.1, Rim Diam = 12.5, Max Diam = 18.4 | |