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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0281-0015   CAS 0281-0015; 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 Sierra Nevada Foothills
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; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots
Description Round basket with flat base and flaring sides; Woven on bundle foundation; Designs are in dyed bracken fern roots and redbud and consists of 2 parallel zigzag bands on upper sides of basket; Four segments of the rim coil show alternating dark and light ticking.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 9.6, Max Diam = 22.7