Side-view of an ochre-brown oval woven basket with irregular edges convex sides featuring two patterned stripes of dark-brown figures holding hands separated by horizontally running stripes.

Side-view of an ochre-brown oval woven basket with irregular edges and convex sides featuring two patterned stripes of dark-brown figures holding hands separated by horizontally running stripes.

Side-view of an ochre-brown oval woven basket in storage, with convex sides featuring two patterned stripes of dark-brown figures holding hands separated by horizontally running stripes.

Unknown Maker, Yokuts

Oval Basket,

Maker

Unknown

Culture

Yokuts, Native North American

Title

Oval Basket

Medium

willow

Materials/Techniques

Materials

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

Techniques

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

Dimensions

17.5 x 35.6 cm (6 7/8 x 14 inches)

Place

Place Made: California

Type

Fiber Art

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

1997.24.9

Oval Basket

Place Made: California

Exhibition History

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