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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0145-0105   CAS 0145-0105; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Klamath River
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; Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.) stems; Woodwardia fern (Woodwardia sp.) stems
Description Round basket with flat base and rounded sides, curving inward slightly toward rim; Woven primarily in close-spaced twining with 3-strand twining on base; Warp rods are crossed at rim, folded over and wrapped in alternating blocks of bear grass and woodwardia fern; Exterior design, done in half-twist overlay, includes black geometric repeated 4 times and band of small triangles below rim.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.6, Rim Diam = ca. 19.0, Max Diam = ca. 22.0