Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1999-0015-0001 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Winnowing basket | |
| Culture | Western Mono | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Madera, Fresno | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots | |
| Description | Oval-shaped winnowing basket with slightly upturned sides, very wide rounded proximal or front edge, and tapered distal end; Body of basket is woven entirely in diagonal twined technique of sedge roots over peeled willow rods; Warp rods are clipped at distal end and either clipped at proximal end or folded over and continue as weft fibers in final row of twining; Entire rim is reinforced with several peeled willow rods and coil-wrapped; 3 parallel design bands comprising alternating stacked triangles and a short diagonal line are woven in redbud shoots. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.3, Width = 45.8, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 53.4 | |