Catalog Number
|
Catalog Number |
CAS 0017-0004 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Wintu | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) or willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Conifer roots; Woodwardia fern (Woodwardia sp.) stems; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves | |
| Description | Very large round cooking basket with flat base and nearly vertical sides; Woven primarily in 2-strand twining with 3-strand twining on base and single row of 3-strand twining near rim; Designs are in dyed woodwardia fern in full-twist overlay and consist of 2 bands of large triangular units with smaller triangles on two sides of each larger one, and 2 narrow, plain bands just below rim, all on background of undyed bear grass leaves that are also woven in full-twist overlay technique. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 28.7, Max Diam = ca. 39.5 | |