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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0200-0011   CAS 0200-0011; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Modoc
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Modoc, Siskiyou
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Tule or bulrush (Scirpus acutus) stems; Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.) stems; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves
Description Round basket with flat base and rounded sides; Woven in 2-strand twining with 3-strand twining on outer edge of base (2 exterior rows; 1 interior); Designs on side are in full twist overlay and wrapped twining and include motif of 3 parallel negative vertical zigzag lines superimposed on terraced V-shape lying on its side, all repeated 6 times and framed above by band of small triangles.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 16.0, Rim Diam = ca. 21.0, Max Diam = 25.0