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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 1984-0013-0045   CAS 1984-0013-0045; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Western Mono
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Madera, Fresno
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1920-1940
Collection Name N/A
Materials Deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) stems (?); Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots
Description Round basket with flat base and flaring sides; Coiled on a bundle foundation; Designs are in redbud and dyed bracken fern roots and consist of vertical stripe (redbud) flanked on either side by 4 stacked triangles, the entire motif repeated 6 times around sides of basket; Rim coil is completed in diagonal stitch alternating willow and bracken fern root.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.7, Max Diam = 28.8