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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 1984-0013-0037   CAS 1984-0013-0037; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Western Mono or 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
Description Round mush boiler basket with flat base and gently curving, flaring sides; Coiled on bundle foundation; Designs are in dyed bracken fern roots and consists of 2 parallel bands of contiguous hour glass shapes(forming negative diamonds between adjacent hour glass shapes) on upper and lower sides of basket; Rim coil is finished in diagonal stitch.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 15.7, Max Diam = 30.9