Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1983-0001-0006 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Yokuts | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) stems; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots; California quail (Callipepla californica) top knot feathers; Wool yarn | |
| Description | Round, jar-shaped, bottleneck basket with flat base, flaring sides, high wide flat shoulder and short neck; Basket is woven in coiled technique on bundle foundation; Designs consist of redbud framing line on lower side, 9 columns of stacked triangles (arrow quiver pattern) in bracken fern extending up sides and across shoulder to neck (alternating with crosses on upper sides and human forms on shoulder and neck); Quail topknot feathers and red yarn along shoulder. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 18.9, Rim Diam = 11.9, Max Diam = 27.2 | |