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Catalog Number

CAS 1986-0010-0008   CAS 1986-0010-0008; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Western Mono
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Fresno
Other Geographic Data City: Auberry
Maker's Name Maggie Marvin
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name N/A
Materials Deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) stems; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots
Description Round mush boiler basket with flat base and slightly curving, flaring sides; Coiled on bundle foundation; Design consists of a wide, terraced zigzag band in redbud, outlined in bracken fern root, that rises and falls in diagonal segments as it encircles the basket; 2 segments of an identical and parallel band fill spaces above the primary design band.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 22.6, Max Diam = 35.5