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Tulare Native North American

Basket Bowl, 1900s

Description

Maker

Culture

Tulare

Title

Basket Bowl

Year

1900s

Medium

Deer grass (foundation), sedge root, dyed bracken fern root; bundle coiled

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

10.2 cm (4 inches) (height)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Kenneth F. Wood

Object Number

43.231

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Blankets and Baskets

July 2 - October 10, 2004

This basket is unusual for two reasons: it is more finely woven than the usual Yokuts basket, having 26 stitches and 12 rows per inch, and it has more pattern variation than is normal. The rattlesnake motif in the top band, however, is a typical design of this culture.
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth F. Wood 43.231

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