Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0757 | |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Pomo | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | Lake | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Cotton string | |
Description | Oval basket with flat base and rounded sides that taper in at rim; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs in dyed bulrush include 3 multi-lined checkered bands (insect pathways) that start on base and rise diagonally to rim; Single and paired triangles and segments of terraced, diagonal zigzag lines fill intervening spaces; Cotton string "handle" is threaded through rim at opposite ends. [In 1977 Pomo basketweaver Mable McKay attributed this basket to Lake County.] | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.5, Width = 14.2, Rim Diam = 11.1, Length = 17.6 |