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Catalog Number

CAS 0145-0111   CAS 0145-0111; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Pomo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown (possibly Lydia Anderson Faught (1887-ca. 1967))
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots
Description Canoe shaped basket with flat base and rounded sides that curve in at rim; Coiled on single-rod foundation; Designs in dyed bulrush include 8 diagonal lines that start on base and extend to rim. [In 1977, Pomo basketweaver, Mable McKay, commented that this basket, as well as CAS 0145-0075, 0145-0112, and 0370-0813 were likely all woven by the same weaver, Lydia Anderson Faught.]
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.1, Width = 2.1, Length = 3.8