Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0055 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Mono Lake Paiute | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mariposa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Yosemite Valley area | |
| Maker's Name | Lucy Telles (1885-1955) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1914-1922 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) stems; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots | |
| Description | Round globose basket with flat base and rounded sides; Coiled on bundle foundation; Designs are in dyed bracken fern roots and redbud and consist of column of flower, butterfly, and eagle, all repeated 4 times and alternating with tall flowering plant motif; Basket may have originally had a flat, “snap-on†lid, as Lucy Telles wove many baskets of this shape and with similar designs, some of which had accompanying lids. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 18.3, Rim Diam = 12.0, Max Diam = 23.7 | |