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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 1983-0001-0009   CAS 1983-0001-0009; Basket
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; Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) feathers
Description Round, jar-shaped, bottleneck basket with flat base, flaring sides; Convex shoulder, and short neck; Design band (extends from lower sides to neck) in bracken fern roots and redbud consists of 4 motifs of red triangles stacked vertically and in zigzag pattern (arrow quiver design), all outlined in black (quail feather pattern); Quail topknot feathers and tanager feathers decorate edge of shoulder.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.1, Rim Diam = 10.0, Max Diam = 18.7