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Catalog Number CAS 0516-0008   CAS 0516-0008; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Panamint Shoshone (Timbisha Shoshone)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Inyo
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1890s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Tree yucca [Joshua tree] (Yucca brevifolia) roots
Description Deep round basket with narrow flat base and flaring sides; Woven in coiling technique over 3-rod foundation; design features 9 diamond snake patterns that rise vertically from base of sides to just below rim and are woven alternately in black bulrush outlined in red tree yucca root or vice versa; Rim is decorated by segments of ticking (alternating dark and light weft) alternating with plain segments.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 16.8, Max Diam = 33.4