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Coiled Basket

Description

Large Western Mono or Monache basket used for cooking acorn mush, decorated with two wide ziz-zag bands. There is a good deal of wear on the interior and the base from use, and nice native repairs are visible on the base.

Western Mono Cooking Basket

Note the wear patterns and stains from the basket having been cooked in

Note the extensive wear and Native repairs

Note the end of the top coil, left direction. Finished with self-coiling on the rim.

Note the wear patterns and stains from the basket having been cooked in

Note the extensive wear and Native repairs

Note the end of the top coil, left direction. Finished with self-coiling on the rim.

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Entry/Object ID

1998.1.1

Category

Utilitarian

Baskets

Acquisition

Accession

1998.1

Source or Donor

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Date made

circa 1910

Time Period

1910's

Place

State/Province

Country

United States of America

Continent

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

Culture/Tribe

Western Mono

Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Basket, Cooking

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cookware

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Cooking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Baskets

Cooking

Native peoples

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Diameter

15-3/4 in

Materials

Material

Grass

Sedge

Bracken Fern

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Round

Coiled Start Material

Grass

Sedge

Coiled Finish Type

Self Coiled

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

Bundle

Coiled Foundation Material

Grass

Coil Direction

Left

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Closed Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Sedge

Design Stitch Material

Bracken Fern

Stitch Details

Unsplit or Whole

Interlocking

Randomly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Clipped