Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0090-0058 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath River or Karuk | |
| 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 basket with rounded base and rounded, in-curving sides; Woven primarily in close-spaced, plain twining with 3-strand twining on base and lattice twining on upper sides; Design is done in bear grass in half-twist overlay and consists of wide zigzag band on upper sides, with 2 rows of lattice twining across the design for structural reinforcement. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.0, Rim Diam = 16.2, Max Diam = 18.4 | |