Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0015-0001 | |
| 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 | ca. 1920-1950 | |
| 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 | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and flaring sides; Coiled on bundle foundation; Single wide design band on side of basket is composed of motif of paired diagonal zigzags (in redbud) flanked by diagonal terraced zigzag with pendant triangles (in bracken fern root), all repeated 3 times, with groups of small triangles and terraced zigzags as fillers. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 14.2, Max Diam = 28.7 | |