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Catalog Number

CAS 0399-0003   CAS 0399-0003; Basket
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. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) shoots; Conifer roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves
Description Round mush boiler basket with flat base and rounded sides, sloping inward slightly toward rim; Woven primarily in plain twining, with 3-strand twining on base and lattice twining on outer edge of base and on upper sides; Design is in bear grass in half-twist overlay and consists of wide zigzag band bordered above and below by band of contiguous triangles ("crooked pattern").
Dimensions (cm) Height = 22.6, Rim Diam = 28.5, Max Diam = 32.7