| Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0761 |
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| Category |
Basketry |
| Object Name |
Basket |
| Culture |
Pomo |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
California |
| County |
Lake |
| Other Geographic
Data |
Mission Lakeport area |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown (probably the same weaver as CAS 0370-0819) |
| Date of Manufacture |
early 1900s |
| Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
| Materials |
Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) feathers; California quail (Callipepla californica) top knot feathers |
| Description |
Oval basket with flat base and rounded sides that taper in at rim; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs in dyed bulrush include 4 motifs of stacked terraced diamonds (1 small, 1 large) beginning on base and extending up to rim; Design identified as a snake design by noted Pomo basketweaver, Mabel Mckay; Red woodpecker feathers and black quail topknot feathers decorate upper sides. [In 1977 Pomo basketweaver Mable McKay identified this design as the “snake†design, inspired by a dream. She also attributed this basket to the Mission Lakeport area, and thought it was probably woven by the same person who wove CAS 0370-0819.] |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 4.1, Width = 8.5, Rim Diam = 11.2, Length = 13.8 |