| Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1819 |
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| Category |
Basketry |
| Object Name |
Basketry covered bottle |
| Culture |
Achumawi |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
California |
| County |
Modoc, Siskiyou, Shasta, Lassen |
| Other Geographic
Data |
unknown |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. late 1800s to early 1900s |
| Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
| Materials |
Glass; Hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) shoots; Conifer roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.) stems |
| Description |
Basketry-covered brown glass bottle (possibly beer bottle) with flat base, cylindrical body, tall straight neck, and handle attached at shoulder and rim; basket is woven primarily in plain twining technique, with several rows of 3-strand twining on base and in final row of twining at rim; Warp material is hazel shoots and primary weft material is conifer roots; Designs are woven in full-twist overlay technique, using natural colored bear grass leaves as the background and black maidenhair fern stems for the actual designs, which include circular ticked band on base, 3 bands of large 8-point stars or half-stars on the sides, a band of small parallelograms around the shoulder, and a narrow ticked band around the neck; Handle is decorated with spiral bands in alternating light and dark colors; Upper neck of bottle is exposed, indicating a woven basketry cap originally accompanied this piece. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 26.1, Width = 9.0, Rim Diam = 3.3, Max Diam = 7.7 |