Basket

Basket

Basket: coiled bowl; warp - grass, weft - sedge or marsh grass root; Designs - rattlesnake pattern in 4 sections, black - bracken fern, red - redbud, in 4 stacked arrowhead patterns, rattlesnake patterns separate. 2 fields of patterns around middle of basket sides; Bottom design - five-pointed star pattern, double-stiched in bracken fern.
  • Object: Basket
  • Artist: -
  • Circa: -
  • Dimensions: 3 1/8" X 5 1/2"
  • Culture Area: California
  • Cultural Group: Foothill Yokuts (Choynimni/ Chukaymina)
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Leslie Hallock-Sanders
  • Catalog #: 95.021