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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0516-0012   CAS 0516-0012; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Salinan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County San Luis Obispo, Monterey
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Encinales Family (?)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1910
Collection Name N/A
Materials Deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) stems (?); Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots; Glass beads
Description Deep round basket with flat base and flaring sides; Woven in coiling technique over bundle foundation; Designs include 4 motifs of zigzags or stacked, open diamonds rising vertically from base to just below rim, and terraced zigzag band just below rim; 4 asymmetrical groupings of multi-colored glass beads and nearly continuous single line of beads just below zigzag band are attached with weft fibers on exterior sides of basket.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 9.9, Max Diam = 27.6