Catalog Number |
CAS 0516-0012 | ![]() |
Category | Basketry | |
Object Name | Basket | |
Culture | Salinan | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | San Luis Obispo, Monterey | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Encinales Family (?) | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1910 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) stems (?); Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots; Glass beads | |
Description | Deep round basket with flat base and flaring sides; Woven in coiling technique over bundle foundation; Designs include 4 motifs of zigzags or stacked, open diamonds rising vertically from base to just below rim, and terraced zigzag band just below rim; 4 asymmetrical groupings of multi-colored glass beads and nearly continuous single line of beads just below zigzag band are attached with weft fibers on exterior sides of basket. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.9, Max Diam = 27.6 |