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Catalog Number

CAS 0464-0006   CAS 0464-0006; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Maidu
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Plumas, Lassen
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) shoots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots
Description Round basket with flat base and curved sides, sloping inward toward rim; Woven on 3-rod coil; Design is in redbud and dyed bracken fern roots and consists of 4 small tick marks on base and 2 parallel, undulating bands on sides, each made up of diagonally stacked parallelograms with pendant triangles (arrow head pattern).
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.5, Rim Diam = 16.0, Max Diam = 19.2