Basket

Basket

Yokut large coiled basket. The basket is bowl shaped. It has 3-band patterns which are zigzag designs with the center band having zigzag in negative design. The basket has a weft of saw grass root and a bundle foundation of deer grass. The design is in bracken fern foot. The rim finish is a diagonal stitch. The starting knot is a circular configuration with a hole in the center there is an inked number on base of basket; 70-24-6. The basket is considerable age and dates from the turn of the century.
  • Object: Basket
  • Artist: -
  • Circa: -
  • Dimensions: 15-3/4" diameter 8-1/4" height
  • Culture Area: California
  • Cultural Group: Yokut (San Joaquin Valley
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Sonoma County Historical Society
  • Catalog #: 85.070