Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2004-0001-0002 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Miniature basket | |
| Culture | Western Mono | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Madera | |
| Other Geographic Data | Community: North Fork Rancheria | |
| Maker's Name | Ida Bishop | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots | |
| Description | Miniature round cooking basket with somewhat flattened base and slightly rounded sides, rising to a very wide mouth; Basket is woven in 3-strand twining technique on base and in diagonal twining on remainder of basket; Warp rods are bent over at rim and coil-wrapped, and additional rod is placed around lip for second row of coil wrapping; Warp material is probably whole, peeled willow shoots and primary weft material is peeled and split willow roots or peeled and split redbud shoots; Designs are woven of split, unpeeled redbud shoots, and consists of a wide band encircling the sides of the basket (band appears wider on exterior than on interior by manipulating which direction the split side of the shoot faces and/or by weaving together one peeled and one unpeeled shoot); Coil wrapping around rim is also done in unpeeled redbud shoots. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.1, Max Diam = 9.3 | |