Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0758 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) shoots | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and rounded sides that taper in at rim; Coiled on single-rod foundation; Designs in redbud include band of solid triangles pointing upward on lower sides and second band of triangles pointing downward from rim, forming a negative zigzag band around sides. [In 1977 Pomo basketweaver Mable McKay identified this design as the ?sunflower? design.] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.2, Rim Diam = 5.6, Max Diam = 8.7 | |