Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0752 | |
| 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. 1930s to 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| 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, flaring sides and scalloped rim; Woven primarily in plain twining with 3-strand twining on base; Upper portion of basket shows exposed warp rods, with the rim reinforced with rod and secured with coil wrapping; Design in bear grass and maidenhair and woodwardia fern stems, done in half-twist overlay, consists of band of contiguous triangles. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.8, Max Diam = 15.4 | |