Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0048-0020 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath River | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) shoots; Conifer roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Woodwardia fern (Woodwardia sp.) stems; String | |
| Description | Deep, oval basket with flat base and straight sides, woven in alternating bands of close-spaced plain twining and bands of exposed warps; Rim and two coiled bail handles attached at rim are wrapped; Twined bands on sides are decorated in half-twist overlay of bear grass and dyed woodwardia fern, showing central band of brown diamonds bisected by blue band. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 24.5, Depth = 14.1, Max Diam = 25.0 | |