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Catalog Number |
CAS 2007-0009-0002A,B | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket with lid | |
| Culture | Chumash | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California and Colorado | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | City: Fort Collins | |
| Maker's Name | Linda Aguilar | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2007 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Horsehair; Linen thread; Glass, shell, and stone beads; Snake vertebrae | |
| Description | Small round coiled basket with flat base and sides that rise up to mid-level height and then gradually taper inward to narrow diameter round mouth; Separate lid is conical and fits down over the basket’s upper sides; Both basket and lid are woven in open coiled technique, with widely spaced natural colored, red, and black linen thread wrapped around bundles of natural, black, or red horsehair; Base and lower sides and band around mid-section are woven of natural colored linen threads over natural-colored horsehair bundles; Ends of horse hairs around mid-section are left sticking out from basket, reminiscent of feathers used by some California native basket weavers; Remainder of basket is woven with black linen thread over bundles of black horsehair, except for junction between lower sides and first area of black horsehair, where the weft material is red linen thread; Similarly, lid is woven of partially of black horsehair bundles and partially of white ones, with a narrow band of red horsehair bundles separating the two colors; Weft fibers are the same colors as the warp bundles, except a decorative band of red weft fibers is also used on the black bundles; Large ivory (?) bead is secured to top of lid, along with two longer strands of assorted glass, shell, stone, and snake vertebrae beads, which cascade down the sides of the lid. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.2, Rim Diam = 3.7, Max Diam = 9.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0066 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Baby carrier / cradleboard model | |
| Culture | Eastern Mono | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mono, Inyo | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots | |
| Description | Model baby carrier for girl, consisting of double-layer rectangular backboard and arching sun shade on hooped support; Woven in diagonal twining with coil-wrapping around rim; Design are in redbud and consist of simple zigzag on backboard and alternating bands of red (redbud) and light (willow shoots) warp rods on sun shade. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.2, Width = 9.5, Length = 16.6 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0763 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Eastern Mono | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mono, Inyo | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and rounded sides, sloping inward slightly toward rim; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs are in dyed bracken fern roots and consist of 3 parallel and contiguous bands, each one containing solid triangles that are alternately pendant from upper and lower framing lines. [In 1980, basket specialist, Bruce Bernstein (Wheelwright Museum, National Museum of the American Indian) identified this as a Miwok basket, on the basis of its trimmed ends.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.1, Rim Diam = 15.5, Max Diam = 18.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0059 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Eastern Mono | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mono, Inyo | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Conifer roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots | |
| Description | Round mush boiling basket with flat base and flaring sides; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs are in redbud and consist of parallelograms flanked on either side by triangles and stacked into a large "V" shape extending from lower side to rim, the whole motif repeated 3 times. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 24.0, Max Diam = 46.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0127-0001 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Eastern Mono | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mono, Inyo | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots | |
| Description | Round mush boiler basket with flat base and gently curved, flaring sides; Coiled on 3-bundle foundation; Designs on sides include 4 pairs of vertical zigzags (increasing in width as they rise) forming negative diamonds between them and 3 vertical columns of stacked triangles; Design on base is obliterated. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 17.7, Max Diam = 35.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2013-0008-0001 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Baby carrier / cradleboard | |
| Culture | Hupa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Humboldt | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hupa Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1967 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Peeled hazel shoots; Weft: peeled and split conifer roots; Plastic beads; Rawhide laces; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells | |
| Description | Large full-sized cradleboard woven entirely in open spaced plain twining, except several rows on the front corners that are woven in 3-strand twining; Cradle board is scoop-shaped with flat back and steep sides, wide sloping front, and open top, all secured to a heavy oval framing structure comprising bundled hazel shoots that are wrapped in conifer roots; Lower front portion of cradleboard is woven in evenly spaced rows of twining, Sides and back show rows of twining arranged in groups of 3, with a short section of a 4th row extending down from the rim on each side; Infant’s seat on interior bottom is fashioned from two large conifer roots that has been pounded to make them flexible; One of the roots is woven back and forth from front to back in wide passes and the second one is woven in plain twining with the first across entire width of cradleboard, again in very wide passes; Two rawhide laces are attached to the cradleboard’s interior back, each forming a series of loops, through which the long end of one of the laces will pass in a zigzag pattern from side to side to secure the baby in place; String of white, yellow, green, orange and red plastic beads are strung across top of cradleboard on length of plastic wire, with a single cowrie shell at one end and two cowrie shells at the other end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 36.8, Depth = ca. 24.0, Length = 71.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0008-0003 |  |
| Category | Basketry; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Necklace | |
| Culture | Hupa (copy) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Margaret Mathewson | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1988 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cotton string; Raffia; Leather; Dentalium and Olivella shell beads; Glass beads; Dyed pine nuts | |
| Description | Single strand necklace (black and white glass beads, olivella and dentalium shell beads, dyed pine nut beads) on monofilament line with leather lacing ends; Basketry-style medallion done primarily in plain twining with 3-strand twining in center; Design includes black circle in center and black and white triangles around edge, forming negative center star; Beads repeated on 5 fringes. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 6.9, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 33.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2003-0011-0003 |  |
| Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
| Object Name | Basketry materials (bear grass leaves) | |
| Culture | Hupa, Yurok | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Humboldt, Del Norte | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | LaVerne Glaze | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2003 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves | |
| Description | Bundle of sun-bleached bear grass leaves, to be used as secondary overlay weft material by numerous California Indian basket weavers, particularly throughout northern California; Bundle is tied with several strips of commercial red print fabric. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = ca. 5.0, Length = ca. 64.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2003-0011-0005A-D |  |
| Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
| Object Name | Basketry materials (dyed woodwardia fern stems) | |
| Culture | Hupa, Yurok | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Humboldt, Del Norte | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | LaVerne Glaze | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2003 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Woodwardia fern (Woodwardia sp.) stems | |
| Description | Four coiled bundles of woodwardia fern stems that have been split and dyed a rust brown color with alder bark, for use as a decorative overlay weft fiber by numerous California Indian basket weavers, particularly those in northwestern California; Each bundle is self-tied. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = A=4.9; B=5.6; C=5.0; D=5.6, Thickness = A=1.3; B=1.3; C=1.9; D=1.9, Length = A=9.4; B=7.6; C=9.1; D=11.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2003-0011-0004 |  |
| Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
| Object Name | Basketry materials (maidenhair fern stems) | |
| Culture | Hupa, Yurok | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Humboldt, Del Norte | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | LaVerne Glaze | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2003 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.) stems | |
| Description | Bundle of numerous maidenhair fern stems which have been stripped of their leaves and stored for later use as a decorative weft material by numerous California Indian basket weavers, particularly throughout northern California; Prior to use, each stem would be further processed by removing and discarding the center portion, leaving only the shiny black outer skin; Bundle is tied with dyed black raffia grass. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 14.0, Length = ca. 56.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2003-0011-0001A,B |  |
| Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
| Object Name | Basketry materials (peeled willow roots) | |
| Culture | Hupa, Yurok | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Humboldt, Del Norte | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | LaVerne Glaze | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2003 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) roots | |
| Description | A: Coiled bundle of peeled willow roots to be used as weft by numerous California Indian basket weavers, especially those of the Klamath River area; Prior to use, roots would be thoroughly soaked, split at least once, and sized one or more times to make them of a uniform diameter; B: Coiled bundle of peeled and split willow roots to be further processed and used similarly to CAS 20003-0011-0001A. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = A=1.0; B=0.8, Max Diam = A=5.8; B=6.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2003-0011-0002 |  |
| Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
| Object Name | Basketry materials (peeled willow shoots) | |
| Culture | Hupa, Yurok | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Humboldt, Del Norte | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | LaVerne Glaze | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2003 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots | |
| Description | Bundle of whole willow shoots that have been peeled for use as warp rods by numerous northern California Indian basket weavers, particularly those of the Klamath River area; Prior to use, shoots would be scraped to remove all lateral knots and sized and then thoroughly soaked; Bundle is tied with length of commercial white fabric. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 8.5, Length = ca. 62.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2015-0003-0004 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket start (unfinished) | |
| Culture | Ipai | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | San Diego | |
| Other Geographic Data | Unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Justin Farmer | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2015 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Shredded yucca (Yucca sp.) and split juncus (Juncus sp.) stems; Weft: Split juncus (Juncus sp.) stems | |
| Description | Small start of a coiled basket; Basket begun with flexible shredded yucca fiber foundation warp wrapped in split juncus stems; After the first few tightly coiled rotations, the warp transitions to less flexible split juncus stems; The weft is split juncus stems throughout. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.1, Thickness = 0.8, Length = ca. 18.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2015-0003-0003 |  |
| Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
| Object Name | Basketry materials (shredded yucca leaves) | |
| Culture | Ipai | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | San Diego | |
| Other Geographic Data | Unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Justin Farmer | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2015 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Yucca (Yucca sp.) leaves | |
| Description | Bundle of shredded yucca leaves; Such fibers are used as the foundation when starting a coiled basket because they are more flexible than juncus stems and thus can be shaped into a tight coil for the first couple revolutions of a basket. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 8.0, Thickness = ca. 3.0, Length = ca. 16.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2015-0003-0002 |  |
| Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
| Object Name | Basketry materials (split juncus stems) | |
| Culture | Ipai | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | San Diego | |
| Other Geographic Data | Unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Justin Farmer | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2015 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Juncus rush (Juncus sp.) stems | |
| Description | Bundle of split juncus stems; Used as weft fibers in coiled baskets, these specimens are taken from the basal portions of the stems and show the gradation of color from deep gold to lighter shades. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = ca. 2.0, Length = ca. 42.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2015-0003-0001 |  |
| Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
| Object Name | Basketry materials (whole juncus stems) | |
| Culture | Ipai | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | San Diego | |
| Other Geographic Data | Unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Justin Farmer | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2015 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Juncus rush (Juncus sp.) stems | |
| Description | Bundle of whole juncus stems, upper portions only; Due to their tendency to be brittle, these upper portions are only used as warp or foundation elements in coiled baskets. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = ca. 4.5, Length = ca. 92.0 | |
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CAS 1994-0010-0007 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket or hat | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Oregon | |
| County | Modoc, CA, Klamath, OR | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s-1930s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Tule or bulrush (Scirpus acutus) stems; Cattail (Typha latifolia) leaves | |
| Description | Round basket or woman's hat with flat base and rounded sides rising vertically to rim; Woven in 2-strand twining with single row of 3-strand twining at outer edge of base; Designs are in full-twist overall and include 2 parallel zigzag bands of stacked parallelograms, framed above by band of alternating brown and natural wefts and below by 4 truncated triangles connected by narrow line. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.0, Max Diam = 15.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1994-0010-0006 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Basketry | |
| Object Name | Hat | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Oregon | |
| County | Modoc, CA, Klamath, OR | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s-1930s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Tule or bulrush (Scirpus acutus) stems; Cattail (Typha latifolia) leaves | |
| Description | Round woman’s hat with flat base and slightly rounded sides; Woven in 2-strand twining; Circular design of staggered blocks is in half-twist overlay, with the wefts floating on interior; Designs on sides are in wrapped twining and include 2 bands of stacked, paired parallelograms repeated 4 times, framed above and below by checkerboard bands. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.8, Max Diam = 15.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0497-0006 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Basketry | |
| Object Name | Hat | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Oregon | |
| County | Modoc, CA, Klamath, OR | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Tule or bulrush (Scirpus acutus) stems; Cattail (Typha latifolia) stems; Dyed porcupine quills; Nettle (Urtica dioica) stems | |
| Description | Woman's hat with rounded base and slightly rounded sides; Woven primarily in 2-strand twining with possibly 3-strand twining on base; Designs are in full-twist overlay and include 5-point star (interior divided into quadrants) within open circle on base, and motif of 3 diagonally stacked parallelograms (each containing V-shape in porcupine quill) repeated 3 times around sides. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.0, Rim Diam = 16.0, Max Diam = 17.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0146 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Oregon | |
| County | Modoc, CA, Klamath, OR | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Nettle (Urtica dioica) stems; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and vertical sides that slope inward slightly toward rim; Woven in plain twining; Designs are in plain twining over paired warps and consist of plain, dashed band on base and single-weft, dash bands on sides. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.4, Rim Diam = ca. 7.5, Max Diam = 10.0 | |
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