Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0569-0003 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Burden basket | |
| 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 | Carson City or Lake Tahoe, NV area, possibly | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots; Wire | |
| Description | Conical burden basket woven mostly in diagonal twining with 3-strand twining on base; Most warp rods are clipped above final row of twining, with every 3rd one bent over and bound under weft; Rim reinforcing rod and wire loop handle are coil-wrapped; Designs on sides include band of diagonally stacked triangles in brown bracken fern, flanked above and below by black chevron band in dyed bracken fern root. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 28.7, Max Diam = 22.6 | |