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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 1984-0013-0055   CAS 1984-0013-0055; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Maidu
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Plumas, Lassen
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture late 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots
Description Very large round cooking basket with flat base and flaring sides; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs include large 3-pointed star or floral (whose petals are composed of paired diagonal columns of stacked triangles that rise from lower sides to rim), 3 groups of 3 freestanding triangles on upper sides, and band of "T" shapes around rim.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 35.4, Max Diam = 55.8