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Catalog Number |
CAS 1986-0012-0004 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Central Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mendocino | |
| Other Geographic Data | Town: Manchester, Point Arena area | |
| Maker's Name | Flora White Scarioni (19 Aug. 1886-11 December 1969) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1945 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Glass seed beads | |
| Description | Oval basket with flat base and short, vertical sides; Coiled on single-rod foundation; Designs are done in black beads that are woven in with the weft and include 4 triangles on base and band of 8 truncated, open diamond shapes around rim, all on background of white beads. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.1, Width = 8.0, Rim Diam = 12.0, Length = 12.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2013-0005-0001 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Chemehuevi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Riverside, San Bernardino | |
| Other Geographic Data | Vicinity of Needles | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1920 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Willow Salix sp.) shoots; Weft: Split willow (Salix sp.) shoots and devil’s claw (Martynia sp.) pods | |
| Description | Shallow round basket with flat bottom and gently rounded and flaring sides, woven in the coiled technique over a 3-rod bundle; Design includes checkerboard band (2 coils wide) encircling the center of the basket and a wide band of contiguous double-outlined diamonds around the sides of the basket, framed above and below by a solid black line; Work face of the basket is the interior and weaving direction is clockwise. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.5, Rim Diam = 27.5, Max Diam = 27.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0175 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Chemehuevi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Arizona | |
| County | Riverside, San Bernardino, CA, Mohave, La Paz, AZ | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) pods | |
| Description | Oval-shaped bowl with flat base and flaring sides; Basket is woven in coiled technique; Primary weft material is peeled and split willow shoots over a 3-rod foundation of peeled whole willow shoots; Designs are woven of black devil's claw and consist of 6 concentric terraced diamond motifs around lower sides of basket, and plain black band along rim. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.6, Width = 20.2, Length = 24.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0104 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Chemehuevi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Riverside, San Bernardino | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) pods | |
| Description | Round jar-shaped basket with flat base, globose body, and short constricted neck; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs are in devil's claw and consist of several bands of alternating dark and light rectangles (some between framing lines) on base, lower side, and shoulder; Wide zigzag band around mid-section; And 4 open rectangles on neck; Solid framing line encircles rim. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 14.3, Rim Diam = 11.6, Max Diam = 17.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0516-0006 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Chemehuevi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Riverside, San Bernardino | |
| Other Geographic Data | Vicinity of Needles | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1920 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) pods | |
| Description | Shallow bowl-shaped basket with slightly flat base and gently curving, flaring sides; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs are in devil's claw and consist of 2 double bands of alternating light (willow) and dark (devil's claw) rectangles; Each band contains a "Dau" mark. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.9, Max Diam = 25.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0516-0004 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Chemehuevi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Riverside, San Bernardino | |
| Other Geographic Data | Vicinity of Needles | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900-1920 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) pods | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and flaring sides; Woven in coiling technique over 3-rod foundation; Designs are all of black devil's claw and include 4 stylized bird motifs with outstretched wings around side of basket and solid black rim coil. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.3, Max Diam = 20.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0008-0001 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Chukchansi Yokuts | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno | |
| Other Geographic Data | Sierra Nevada Foothills | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Native basket grass stems or non-native wild oats stems; Cotton string; Coot feathers; Wool yarn; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots; Willow (Salix sp.) shoot | |
| Description | Round “string” basket with flat base and curved, vertical sides; Woven in an unusual bound technique that is technically different from both coiling and twining; Numerous pairs of strings radiate out from the center and bind successive passes of a foundation coil together, with one string in each pair positioned on the workface while the other wraps around the foundation bundle and across the first string to form a half-knot; Additional pairs of string are added as the diameter of the basket increases; Reinforced rim is wrapped in redbud; Design in red and green wool yarn and coot feathers consists of band of 6 open diamonds, mostly in red with black upper and lower portions and green centers. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.7, Max Diam = 31.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2007-0009-0001 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Chumash | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California and Colorado | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | City: Fort Collins | |
| Maker's Name | Linda Aguilar | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2007 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Horsehair; Linen thread; Glass beads | |
| Description | Small round coiled basket with flat base and sides that rise up slightly from the base and then gradually taper in towards the round mouth; Basket is woven in an open coiled technique with widely spaced weft fibers of natural colored linen thread coiled around bundles of natural colored horse hair; Around the upper sides of the basket, tiny glass beads in light green, dark green, and dark brown are secured with selected weft fibers, forming four large contiguous triangular motifs; Small round abalone button with two drilled holes is sewn into center of basket on interior, presumably to serve as the basket start. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.1, Rim Diam = 5.2, Max Diam = 10.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0516-0015 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Chumash | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Juncus rush (Juncus sp.) stems; Sumac (Rhus sp.) stems | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and flaring sides; Woven in coiling technique over 3-rod foundation of juncus stems; Design consists of 4 terraced zigzag motifs that comprise alternating black (dyed juncus) and white (split sumac) lines and rise diagonally from base to just below rim. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.8, Max Diam = 31.7 | |
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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 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0059 |  |
| 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 | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Conifer roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots | |
| Description | Round mush boiling basket with flat base and flaring sides; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs are in redbud and consist of parallelograms flanked on either side by triangles and stacked into a large "V" shape extending from lower side to rim, the whole motif repeated 3 times. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 24.0, Max Diam = 46.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0127-0001 |  |
| 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 | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots | |
| Description | Round mush boiler basket with flat base and gently curved, flaring sides; Coiled on 3-bundle foundation; Designs on sides include 4 pairs of vertical zigzags (increasing in width as they rise) forming negative diamonds between them and 3 vertical columns of stacked triangles; Design on base is obliterated. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 17.7, Max Diam = 35.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1998-0005-0001 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | In the style of Cahuilla or Kumeyaay (Diegueño / Diegueno) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Christopher Roman | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1998 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Juncus rush (Juncus sp.) stems | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base, rounded sides, and wide mouth, woven in openwork twined technique with paired juncus stem wefts over mostly triple juncus stem warps; One warp in each group of 3 zigzags back and forth between adjacent pair of warps in successive rows; Warp fibers are folded over at rim to form bundle and coil-wrapped with split juncus stems. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 19.5, Rim Diam = 21.0, Max Diam = 33.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2011-0001-0003 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Modoc, CA, Klamath, OR | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Tule (Scirpus acutus) stems; Weft: cattail (Typha latifolia) stems | |
| Description | Small round basket with flat base, short pedestal-like lower sides that then become rounded and flare outward as they rise vertically, flaring out again slightly at the rim; Warp material is tule stems; Primary weft material is cattail stems; Secondary weft material is dyed cattail stems; Basket start is crossed warps; Basket is woven almost entirely in plain twining technique, except for two single rows of three-strand twining on the lower sides; Work face is exterior of basket and weaving is done in clockwise direction with slant of twining down and to the right; Design includes several rows that are solid dark blue (possibly black originally) that form a band on the base and a second band of dyed dark brown fibers, also on the base; Two parallel bands of medium brown fibers encircle the sides of the basket; Warp fibers are plied together in pairs at rim, then three paired plies are looped back to form loops and secured in the weft. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = ca. 8.0, Max Diam = ca. 14.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2011-0001-0004 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Modoc, CA, Klamath, OR | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Tule (Scirpus acutus) stems; Weft: cattail (Typha latifolia) stems | |
| Description | Small round basket with flat base and rounded lower sides that rise vertically, with slight constriction just above mid-level height; Basket start is crossed warps and weaving is entirely in plain twining technique; Work face is exterior of basket and weaving is in clockwise direction, with the slant of the weft down and to the right; Warp material is tule stems and primary weft material is cattail stems; Secondary weft material is dyed cattail stems; Designs consist of two single-row bands of dashes in dark brown, one slightly above and one slightly above the mid-level height on the sides of the basket; Warp fibers are plied together in pairs at rim and then braided together with adjacent plied warps and clipped on interior. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.6, Rim Diam = 9.3, Max Diam = 9.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1994-0010-0003 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Oregon | |
| County | Modoc, CA, Klamath, OR | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Tule or bulrush (Scirpus acutus) stems; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base, flaring sides and scalloped rim; Ends of warps are looped over at rim and secured by final row of twining; Woven in 2-strand twining with single row of 3-strand twining at outer edge of base; Designs are in 2-strand twining and consist of circular area with alternating light and dark brown blocks on base and motif of 5 diagonally stacked parallelograms repeated 4 times on sides. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.5, Max Diam = 21.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1994-0010-0004 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Oregon | |
| County | Modoc, CA, Klamath, OR | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Tule or bulrush (Scirpus acutus) stems; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Cattail (Typha latifolia) leaves or Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves (?); Dyed porcupine quills | |
| Description | Oval basket with flat base and flaring sides; Woven in 2-strand twining on tule cordage warps; Warps folded over and secured with final row of twining; Designs on sides in full-twist overlay include motif of 4 parallelograms stacked diagonally (each contain a square, rectangle, or diamond) repeated 6 times, narrow band above parallelograms, and band of triangles pendant from rim. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.5, Max Diam = 18.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0013-0019 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Oregon | |
| County | Modoc, CA, Klamath, OR | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Tule or bulrush (Scirpus acutus) stems; Cattail (Typha latifolia) leaves; Dyed porcupine quills | |
| Description | Large jar-shaped basket with flat base, slightly flared sides rising to pronounced shoulder, then rising vertically to wide mouth; Woven primarily in 2-strand twining with single row of 3-strand twining at juncture of base and side; Design is woven in 2-strand twining and secondarily in wrapped twining and consists of wide zigzag composed of stacked parallelograms in dyed tule; Each parallelogram contains small diamond in dyed (yellow) porcupine quills. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 19.7, Rim Diam = 17.5, Max Diam = ca. 23.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2016-0009-0002 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Modoc | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Tule; Other plant fiber; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Scalloped edged basket, originally round but warped into an oval; Side designs almost completely faded; Rim has braided edge with beige and brown strands; Scalloped edge of rim consists of band of tightly wrapped fibers secured to braided rim at intervals; Band is larger in circumference than basket, with the scalloping created from the excess length. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.1, Max Diam = 15.6 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0146 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Oregon | |
| County | Modoc, CA, Klamath, OR | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Nettle (Urtica dioica) stems; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and vertical sides that slope inward slightly toward rim; Woven in plain twining; Designs are in plain twining over paired warps and consist of plain, dashed band on base and single-weft, dash bands on sides. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.4, Rim Diam = ca. 7.5, Max Diam = 10.0 | |
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