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Catalog Number

CAS 0090-0027   CAS 0090-0027; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Klamath or Modoc
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California, Oregon
County Modoc, Siskiyou, CA, Klamath, OR
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1945)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Tule or bulrush (Scirpus acutus) stems; Cattail (Typha latifolia) stems
Description Oval basket with flat base and slightly rounded sides; Woven in 2-strand twining with 1 row of lattice twining on base and 2 rows just below rim; Warp ends are folded over at rim and bound into final row of twining; Designs in 2-strand twining consist of concentric bands (dark brown and golden brown) on base and band of open rectangles, plain band and 4 goblet-shaped motifs on side.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.5, Width = ca. 28.5, Length = ca. 35.0