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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0090-0010   CAS 0090-0010; Basket
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
Description Round acorn mush bowl with flat base and rounded sides, rising to straight rim; Woven primarily in plain twining, with 3-strand twining on base and lattice twining on upper sides; Exterior design, in bear grass in half-twist overlay, consists of 2 bands of diagonally stacked triangles and parallelograms (known as "Sharp Tooth" pattern), separated by 2 rows of lattice twining.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 9.5, Max Diam = 22.5