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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0832 | |
| Category | Basketry; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Basket water jar | |
| Culture | Paiute | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Nevada | |
| County | Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, CA, Douglas, Mineral, NV | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Native cordage | |
| Description | Water bottle with conical lower body and high, wide shoulder tapering toward narrow neck; Size and shape of rim are indeterminate; Woven primarily in diagonal twining, with 3-strand twining on base and single rows of 3-strand twining around mid-section and on upper shoulder; Faint trace of design band around mid-section is evident; 2 native cordage handles attached at side. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 27.1, Max Diam = 18.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0874 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Paiute or Washoe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Nevada | |
| County | Placer, El Dorado, CA, Carson, Douglas, Washoe, NV | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early to mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots | |
| Description | Round basket with narrow, flat base and rounded sides that taper inward slightly at rim; Coiled on single-rod foundation; Banded design on upper sides has 6 pairs of diagonal terraced zigzags, done alternately in dyed black bracken fern roots and redbud. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.0, Rim Diam = 20.6, Max Diam = 22.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0900 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Paiute or Washoe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Nevada | |
| County | Placer, El Dorado, CA, Carson, Douglas, Washoe, NV | |
| 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 to slightly oval basket with flat base and slightly curved, flaring sides; Coiled on single rod foundation in spaced-stitch technique; Designs are in dyed bracken fern roots and consist of 5 equally spaced bands on sides, formed by weaving two weft strands in opposite directions on same coils, forming fine-line zigzag. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 22.6, Max Diam = ca. 47.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0895 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Paiute or Washoe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Nevada | |
| County | Placer, El Dorado, Alpine, CA, Washoe, Carson, Douglas, Mineral, NV | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots; Tree yucca [Joshua tree] (Yucca brevifolia) roots | |
| Description | Round cooking basket with flat base and flaring sides; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs consist of double terraced zigzag band in black bracken fern root around mid-section and double terraced zigzag band in reddish brown yucca tree root around upper sides. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 29.5, Max Diam = 47.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0765 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Paiute or Washoe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Nevada | |
| County | Placer, El Dorado, CA, Carson, Douglas, Washoe, NV | |
| Other Geographic Data | Lake Tahoe area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 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 that curve inward slightly toward rim; Woven in spaced coiling technique on sing rod foundation; Design consists of 2 parallel bands around side of basket, both woven in dyed (black) bracken fern root. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.7, Rim Diam = 23.8, Max Diam = 24.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0742 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Paiute, Havasupai | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Northwestern Arizona; Havasu Canyon | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) pods | |
| Description | Deep round basket with flat base and nearly vertical sides; Basket is woven in close-spaced coiled technique over-rod foundation of peeled willow shoots; Primary weft fiber is peeled and split willow shoots; Designs are woven in black devil's claw and consists of network of open terraced diamonds, enclosing areas that are woven in a checkerboard pattern; This basket could be either Paiute or Havasupai, but is more likely Paiute on the basis of the split upper rod in each coil, typically a Paiute trait. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.8, Rim Diam = 10.0, Max Diam = 12.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0829 |  |
| Category | Basketry; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Basket water jar | |
| Culture | Paiute, Shoshone | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Nevada | |
| County | Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, CA, Douglas, Mineral, NV | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Native cordage | |
| Description | Water bottle with conical lower body, expanded mid-section, and high wide shoulder tapering to short, narrow neck; Woven mostly in diagonal twining with several rows of plain, 2-strand twining on upper shoulder; Most warp rods are clipped at rim, but some are bent over and included in final row of twining; Traces of bands of short diagonal lines are still evident; 2 handles of native cordage attached at side. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 44.3, Rim Diam = 5.5, Max Diam = 28.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0780 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Panamint Shoshone (Timbisha Shoshone) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Nevada | |
| County | Inyo | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920-1930 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Tree yucca [Joshua tree] (Yucca brevifolia) roots | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and flaring sides; Woven on 3-rod coil; Design is in bulrush roots and tree yucca roots and consists of 3 bands, each containing one or more registers of geometrics (triangles, diamonds, "V" shapes, and zigzags) extending from lower sides to rim; 5 areas of light and dark ticking decorate the rim. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.2, Max Diam = 32.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0337 |  |
| Category | Pottery | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1954 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Deep round bowl with flat base and rounded sides that curve inward toward the wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is covered with red slip and burnished; Black painted design around upper body on exterior consists of band of solid black triangles, each with 4 smaller triangles suspended from below, alternating with columns of 4 solid rectangles; Rectangles are connected to smaller triangles by parallel straight lines; Rectilinear fret encircles rim of bowl; Signature "Mary Juan" is painted in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.0, Rim Diam = 12.8, Max Diam = 18.3 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0340 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay | |
| Description | Miniature round bowl with flat base, rounded sides, and slightly inward-curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with red slip; Exterior is lightly polished, but is otherwise undecorated; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.3, Rim Diam = 5.0, Max Diam = 6.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0348 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Round bowl with flat base and rounded and very shallow sides with inward-curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with a red slip; Exterior is also highly polished; Painted design on exterior consists of continuous band of contiguous black triangles around side of bowl; Heavy black line outlines rim; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.9, Rim Diam = 10.6, Max Diam = 11.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0355 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Round bowl with slightly concave base and rounded sides with inward-curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with a red slip; Exterior is also highly polished; Painted design on exterior consists of a continuous rectilinear fret just below rim and a continuous band of contiguous solid black triangles just below the fret; Solid black line outlines the rim; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.5, Rim Diam = 7.5, Max Diam = 8.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0356 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Miniature round bowl with flat base and rounded sides with inward curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with red slip; Exterior is also highly polished; Black painted designs on upper exterior consist of straight encircling line just below rim and continuous band of contiguous "U" shapes below it; Solid black line outlines rim; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.6, Rim Diam = 5.8, Max Diam = 6.8 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0357 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1895-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Deep, round bowl with flat base, flaring sides and everted rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with a red slip; Wide tan line is painted around interior sides and outlined at top and bottom in black; Design on exterior consists of 5 large outlined spirals that are pendant from a single line just below the rim; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.5, Max Diam = 10.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0479 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Miniature round bowl with flat base and rounded sides with inward-curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with a red slip; Exterior is also polished; Painted black designs on exterior consist of solid black triangles that are pendant from and widely spaced along narrow encircling line just below rim; Lower point of each triangle extends down to form a outlined J-shaped motif; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.4, Rim Diam = 5.6, Max Diam = 7.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0486 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Small round bowl with flat base and rounded sides with inward curving rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth and covered with red slip; Exterior is also burnished and painted with a continuous spiral motif, framed between upper and lower bands of solid black triangles; Heavy black line outlines rim; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script in black on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.5, Rim Diam = 7.7, Max Diam = 9.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0477 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Miniature round bowl with flat base and rounded sides with inward-curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with red slip; Exterior is highly polished; Painted designs on upper exterior includes narrow black encircling line just below rim and narrow curvilinear fret line with pendant tick marks just below it; Solid black line outlines rim; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.2, Rim Diam = 5.5, Max Diam = 6.7 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0284 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Mary Juan (ca. 1896-ca. 1981) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Round bowl with flat base and rounded sides that curve inward at rim and form a wide mouth; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and coated with red slip; Painted design band around upper exterior includes continuous line of interlocking scrolls with solid black triangles pendant from upper and lower framing lines; Single squiggly line encircles jar just below rim, and solid black line encircles lip; Signature "Mary Juan" is written in script on base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.7, Rim Diam = 8.9, Max Diam = 12.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0026 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Deep round bowl with shallow concave base, rounded sides, and inward-curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Interior is coated with dark, brick-red slip; Exterior is coated with a tan slip and lightly polished; Pictorial story line including two people and a goat, saguaro cactus, and rain cloud and lightning over mountains is repeated twice in continuous band around exterior side of bowl; Rim is outlined by heavy black line; Bowl is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.3, Rim Diam = 5.8, Max Diam = 7.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0277 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Jar | |
| Culture | Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | Gila River Indian Reservation, Maricopa Colony | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1895-1910 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Clay; Organic pigment | |
| Description | Deep, round jar with flat base, rounded sides, slightly everted rim, and wide mouth; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Exterior is covered with buff-colored slip and burnished; Painted black geometric design on exterior includes scrolls, curved and straight lines, and diamonds; Band of small black triangles with attached scrolls encircles interior rim; Jar is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.4, Rim Diam = 12.0, Max Diam = 13.4 | |
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