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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0145-0069   CAS 0145-0069; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Western Mono
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Madera, Fresno
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) stems; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots
Description Round basket with flat base and curved sides; Coiled on bundle foundation; Designs are in dyed bracken fern roots and consist of 2 parallel negative zigzags on upper sides of basket, broken by 2 motifs, each composed of 3 vertical columns of solid diamond and triangular shapes; Single and double rows of small triangles are located around lower sides, beneath the zigzag lines.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 11.3, Max Diam = 29.5