Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0464-0001 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots | |
| Description | Round bowl-shaped basket with flat base and rounded sides, sloping inward to rim, forming wide mouth; Woven in 3-rod coil; Design is in dyed bracken fern root and consists of crisscrossing paired lines that form 5-point star on base and expand outward forming ever larger 5-point star extending up to rim; Design on rim alternates dark and light rectangular units. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.6, Rim Diam = 17.7, Max Diam = 22.4 | |