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Catalog Number

CAS 0145-0064   CAS 0145-0064; Burden basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Burden basket
Culture Paiute
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots
Description Funnel-shaped burden basket, woven primarily in diagonal twining with 3-strand twining on base; Most warp rods are clipped at rim above final row of twining, with every 3rd one bent over and bound in weft; Rim reinforcing rod is wrapped in spaced coil stitch; Designs on sides include 2 blue and 1 green bands dyed willow and wide band of diamond lattice pattern in brown bracken fern root.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 30.1, Max Diam = 33.4