Basket
Northern California basket. 3 rod coiled, sedge and redbud design for weft. 9 repeating design elements of combination arrowhead, zig-zag, possible top-knot design, rim finished without pattern. Lower pattern is 9 repeating the same design elements in the above pattern, but in a combination that make a different result. In addition, while the higher pattern has each figure the same size, every third figure in the lower pattern is bigger than the two before or after it. Possibly Maidu.
Documented history can be found in paperwork and in reference section.
Lassen County - likely origin
- Object: Basket
- Artist: -
- Circa: 1909
- Dimensions: ~ 5" L x ~ 5" W x 2.75" H
- Culture Area: California; Northern
- Cultural Group: Maidu
- Cultural Context: -
- Donor: Richard Brownscombe
- Catalog #: 119.004