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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 1986-0012-0001   CAS 1986-0012-0001; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Central Pomo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Mendocino
Other Geographic Data Town: Manchester, Point Arena area
Maker's Name Flora White Scarioni (19 Aug. 1886-11 December 1969)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1945
Collection Name N/A
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots
Description Shallow round basket with wide, flat base and vertical sides that slope inward toward rim, forming wide mouth; woven in one-rod coiling; Design is in bracken fern root and includes 13-petal floral pattern on base, band of 15 paired triangles on lower side, band of 15 diamonds on upper side, and 15 rectangles (insect trails) around rim.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 8.7, Rim Diam = 18.0, Max Diam = 25.4