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Catalog Number
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CAS 0370-0069 |
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| Category |
Basketry; Folk Toys |
| Object Name |
Effigy basket and doll |
| Culture |
Coushatta |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, or Texas |
| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
unknown |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1940 |
| Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
| Materials |
Pine (Pinus sp.) needles; Raffia grass leaves; Aniline dyes; Leather; Commercial cloth; Commercial thread |
| Description |
Effigy basket in the form of small cylindrical water well with attached water bucket and a butter churn (?), all mounted on a flat, oval base and all woven in an open split-stitch coiled technique over a bundle foundation; Warp material is pine needles and weft material is undyed raffia grass leaves; Small cloth female doll dressed in yellow leather dress and moccasins and red cloth cape and belt is standing by the butter churn grasping the upright pole; Doll's facial features and hair are made from black thread. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 15.3, Width = 9.7, Length = 17.5 |
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Catalog Number
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CAS 0370-0781 |
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| 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 |
early 1900s |
| Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
| Materials |
Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Aniline dyes; Native cordage |
| Description |
Water jar basket with flat base, high tapering shoulder and short, narrow neck; Woven primarily in diagonal twining with 3-strand twining on base; Rim is coil-wrapped; 2 shoulder handles of 4 loops of 2-ply native cordage are joined by single length of cordage; Designs on basket consists of 3 bands of dyed red willow on natural willow background, all on spring-peeled willow background. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 20.5, Rim Diam = 3.6, Max Diam = 15.1 |
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Catalog Number
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CAS 0370-0832 |
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| 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
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CAS 0370-0829 |
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| 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
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CAS 0370-0056 |
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| Category |
Basketry; Vessels |
| Object Name |
Basket water jar |
| Culture |
Western Apache |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
Arizona |
| County |
unknown |
| Other Geographic
Data |
unknown |
| Maker's Name |
Toni Dodge |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1900-1940 |
| Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
| Materials |
Willow (Salix sp.) shoots or sumac (Rhus sp.) stems; Piñon pine (Pinus edulis) pitch |
| Description |
Large jar-shaped water bottle with concave base, rounded body, high tapering neck, and tall wide neck with slightly flaring rim; Warp and weft material is sumac or willow shoots; Basket is woven primarily in plain diagonal twining, with several rows of 3-strand twining on base and along shoulder for extra strength; Warp rods are bent over at rim and coil-wrapped; Two carved wooden handles are bent into "U" shapes with outward flaring ends that are secured with coiled stitches to sides of basket just above and below shoulder; Rim is wrapped in black devil's claw; Entire interior and exterior of basket are covered with heavy coating of brown piñon pine pitch; Possible decorative wide line along shoulder is darker than surrounding area, possibly produced by using overheated (burnt) pitch, as underlying weft stitches are not dyed or painted. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 44.5, Rim Diam = 19.6, Max Diam = 37.1 |
