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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0145-0125   CAS 0145-0125; 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
Date of Manufacture ca. late 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Conifer roots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots
Description Round cooking basket with rounded base and curved sides rising vertically to rim, woven primarily in plain twining with lattice and diagonal twining on base; Warp material is willow shoots; Design is in split redbud in plain twining and includes 4 geometric bands of 3 registers each (2 bands of rectangles, 1 band of triangles, and 1 band of parallelograms); Additional plain band is just below rim; Each band contains a dau mark.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 33.7, Max Diam = ca. 47.0