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Catalog Number

CAS 0464-0001   CAS 0464-0001; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Pomo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots
Description Round bowl-shaped basket with flat base and rounded sides, sloping inward to rim, forming wide mouth; Woven in 3-rod coil; Design is in dyed bracken fern root and consists of crisscrossing paired lines that form 5-point star on base and expand outward forming ever larger 5-point star extending up to rim; Design on rim alternates dark and light rectangular units.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.6, Rim Diam = 17.7, Max Diam = 22.4