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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0778 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Chilkotin Salish | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | Canada | |
State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Cedar (Cedrus sp.) splints; Cedar roots; Cherry bark; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves | |
Description | Rectangular basket with flat base and deep, flaring sides, woven in coiling technique over cedar splints; Primary weft material is cedar roots; Designs are woven in imbrication technique, using natural straw-colored bear grass as the background and natural red cherry bark for actual designs; Designs consist of a band of rectangular units around lower sides, two bands of probable horses around mid-section, and band of triangles pendant from rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 23.7, Width = 22.3, Length = 32.4 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0773 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | River cane (Arundinaria gigantea) stalks; Vegetal (walnut and bloodroot) dyes | |
Description | Square basket with flat base and vertical sides rising to a wide, nearly round mouth; Woven entirely in plaiting technique (3/3) and in double weave; Warp and weft material are equal-sized split cane shoots; Warp and weft fibers are bent out and down at rim and then weaving is resumed to form exterior layer of basket; Design consists of alternating blocks of light and dark colors accomplished by combining natural tan cane strips with walnut-dyed black strips and bloodroot-dyed orange strips, which appears to divide interior base into triangular quadrants that are overlaid by a pattern of concentric squares. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.4, Max Diam = 20.3 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0783 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is undyed oak splints arranged in radiating pattern on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material is natural undyed peeled honeysuckle vines; Rim is reinforced on interior and exterior with undyed oak splints that are coil-wrapped together with undyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim; Basket is completely undecorated. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.7, Max Diam = 7.1 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0784 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is undyed oak splints arranged in radiating pattern on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Primary weft material is undyed peeled honeysuckle vines; Design is woven of dyed yellow peeled honeysuckle vines and consists of single band that encircle mid-section of basket; Rim is reinforced on interior and exterior with dyed yellow oak splints that are coil-wrapped together with undyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.7, Max Diam = 7.2 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0785 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is both undyed and dyed brown oak splints arranged in radiating pattern in alternating colors on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material of dyed brown or natural undyed peeled honeysuckle vines is used alternately to produce an overall pattern of vertical stripes; Rim is reinforced on interior with undyed oak splint and on exterior with dyed oak splint that are coil-wrapped together with undyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.0, Max Diam = 7.6 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0786 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is both undyed and dyed brown oak splints arranged in radiating pattern in alternating colors on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material of dyed brown or natural undyed peeled honeysuckle vines is used alternately to produce an overall pattern of vertical stripes; Rim is reinforced on interior and exterior with dyed oak splints that are coil-wrapped with dyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.7, Max Diam = 7.4 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0787 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is both undyed and dyed brown oak splints arranged in radiating pattern in alternating colors on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material of dyed brown or natural undyed peeled honeysuckle vines is used alternately to produce an overall checkerboard design; Rim is reinforced on interior and exterior with dyed oak splints that are coil-wrapped with natural undyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.9, Max Diam = 7.8 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0788 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is both undyed and dyed brown oak splints arranged in radiating pattern in alternating colors on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material of dyed brown, dyed yellow, and natural undyed peeled honeysuckle vines is used to produce an overall pattern of vertical stripes that alternate in color between half yellow - half brown, and all natural; Rim is reinforced on interior and exterior with dyed brown oak splints that are coil-wrapped together with undyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.9, Max Diam = 8.4 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0789 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is both dyed brown and dyed yellow oak splints arranged in radiating pattern in alternating colors on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material of dyed brown or dyed yellow peeled honeysuckle vines is used alternately to produce an overall brown and yellow checkerboard pattern; Rim is reinforced on interior with undyed oak splint and on exterior with dyed yellow oak splint that are coil-wrapped together with dyed yellow oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.0, Max Diam = 7.2 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0790 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is both undyed and dyed brown oak splints arranged in radiating pattern in alternating colors on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material of dyed brown or natural undyed peeled honeysuckle vines is used alternately to produce an overall pattern of vertical stripes; Rim is reinforced on interior with undyed oak splint and on exterior with dyed oak splint that are coil-wrapped together with undyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.0, Max Diam = 7.1 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0791 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is both undyed and dyed brown oak splints arranged in radiating pattern in alternating colors on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material of dyed brown or natural undyed peeled honeysuckle vines is used alternately to produce an overall checkerboard pattern; Rim is reinforced on interior and exterior with dyed brown oak splints that are coil-wrapped together with undyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.7, Max Diam = 7.3 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0792 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is both undyed and dyed brown oak splints arranged in radiating pattern in alternating colors on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material of dyed brown or natural undyed peeled honeysuckle vines is used alternately to produce an overall pattern of vertical stripes; Rim is reinforced on interior and exterior with undyed oak splints that are coil-wrapped together with undyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.7, Max Diam = 7.3 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0793 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is dyed brown oak splints arranged in radiating pattern on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material of dyed brown or natural undyed peeled honeysuckle vines is used alternately to produce an overall pattern of vertical stripes; Rim is reinforced on interior and exterior with undyed oak splints that are coil-wrapped together with undyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.1, Max Diam = 7.7 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0794 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vines | |
Description | Miniature round basket with flat base and slightly flaring, vertical sides, woven in wicker technique; Warp material is both undyed and dyed brown oak splints arranged in radiating pattern in alternating colors on base and then bent upward to also form the sides; Weft material of dyed brown or natural undyed peeled honeysuckle vines is used alternately to produce an overall pattern of vertical stripes; Rim is reinforced on interior with undyed oak splint and on exterior with dyed brown oak splint that are coil-wrapped together with undyed oak splint; Single undyed oak splint bale handle is attached at rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 3.7, Max Diam = 6.9 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0835 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Vegetal dyes | |
Description | Deep basket with flat square base, vertical sides with rounded corners that rise to a high shoulder and short, constricted neck, and wide round mouth; Basket is woven entirely in simple plaiting technique; Warp material is narrow and wide split and dyed (dark brown) oak splints; Primary weft material is narrow dyed (dark brown) oak splints; Rim is reinforced with heavy peeled rod on exterior and with dyed dark brown oak splint on interior, with all elements coil-wrapped with an additional dyed dark brown oak splint; Designs are woven of undyed and dyed (golden brown) split oak splints and consists of two wide bands encircling lower sides of basket and just above midlevel height; Pair of secondary weft splints over each design band are crossed over alternate warps to form a band of 3-dimensional "X" motifs. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 30.3, Rim Diam = 28.5, Max Diam = 31.6 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0763 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Eastern Mono | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | Mono, Inyo | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots | |
Description | Round basket with flat base and rounded sides, sloping inward slightly toward rim; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs are in dyed bracken fern roots and consist of 3 parallel and contiguous bands, each one containing solid triangles that are alternately pendant from upper and lower framing lines. [In 1980, basket specialist, Bruce Bernstein (Wheelwright Museum, National Museum of the American Indian) identified this as a Miwok basket, on the basis of its trimmed ends.] | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.1, Rim Diam = 15.5, Max Diam = 18.1 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0880 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Hopi | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
County | Navajo | |
Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Galleta grass (Hilaria jamesii) stems; Yucca (Yucca angustissima) leaves; Vegetal dyes | |
Description | Deep round basket with flat base and nearly vertical sides, woven entirely in coiled technique over medium-sized bundle coils; Warp material is galleta grass stems and weft material is natural and vegetal dyed split yucca leaves; Design on sides of basket consists of two bands, each containing 6 freestanding quadrupeds (deer?, horses?), whose colors alternate between rust brown and a slightly darker brown; Each figure's eyes and neck hair are woven in overlay stitches of undyed weft; Third band that encircles lower sides of basket (below first register of animal figures) contains 4 pair of rust brown elongated segments; Background color is natural sun-bleached color. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 22.8, Max Diam = 27.2 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0881 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Hopi | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
County | Navajo | |
Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1955 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Galleta grass (Hilaria jamesii) stems; Yucca (Yucca angustissima) leaves; Vegetal dyes | |
Description | Deep round wastebasket with flat base and flaring lower sides that rise vertically to a wide mouth; Basket is woven entirely in coiled technique over bundle coils; Warp material is galleta grass stems and weft materials is natural and vegetal dyed yucca leaves; Designs on sides of basket consist of two full figures of Crow Mother, shown wearing a black dress with white wedding sash; Figure's face is brown (with yellow side borders) with the characteristic black hourglass shape in center and large black wings on the sides of her headdress; Hourglass shape on face and band just below face is woven in overlay stitch of undyed weft; Alternating with the Crow Mother figures are two pair of vertically stacked terraced concentric diamonds in brown, yellow, and black, all on natural colored sun bleached background. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 22.1, Max Diam = 23.5 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0830 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Hopi | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
County | Navajo | |
Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Third Mesa | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Sumac (Rhus sp.) or common dunebroom (Parryella filifolia) stems; Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus spp.) stems; Yucca (Yucca angustissima) leaves; Vegetal and/or aniline dyes | |
Description | Deep round wastebasket with slightly convex base and nearly vertical sides, woven entirely in wicker technique over multiple warps; Warp fibers are sumac or dune broom stems and weft fibers are natural, vegetal and/or aniline dyed rabbitbrush stems; At the rim, one warp stem in each group of warps is bent over and incorporated into a rim bundle that is coil-wrapped in dyed black yucca leaves; Base is completely purple except for narrow band in yellow and black around perimeter; Design on sides consists of encircling terraced zigzag bands in colors of green, orange, blue, and yellow; Adjacent colors are separated above and below by alternating blocks of black and natural colored wefts. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 25.0, Max Diam = 28.4 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0826 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Hopi | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
County | Navajo | |
Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Third Mesa | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Sumac (Rhus sp.) stems; Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus spp.) stems; Yucca (Yucca angustissima) leaves; Vegetal dyes | |
Description | Waste basket with convex base and vertical sides, woven entirely in wicker technique over multiple warps; At the rim, one warp stem from each group of warps is bent over and incorporated into a rim bundle that is coil-wrapped with dyed black yucca leaves; Design on base consists of natural colored center area, encircled by several bands comprised of alternating blue and natural colored blocks, changing to green and natural colored blocks in the final bands; Sides are decorated with horizontal bands in colors of red, green, gold, blue, and yellow, with the edges of each band being terraced and adjacent bands separated by by small black and natural colored blocks of weft fibers; Narrow band of alternating black and natural colored blocks (white cloud motif) encircles rim. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 24.8, Max Diam = 26.6 |
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