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61-12-5

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 61-12-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Washo | Kawaiisu | Tubatulabal
Culture Area Great Basin Culture Area | California Culture Area
Section American
Materials Willow | Yucca | Bracken Fern
Technique Coiled | Basketry
Description

Counter clockwise coil; 14 wefts per cm.; curved sloping sides; buff body; rim coil alternates buff and brown-black wefts; body has four six-pointed stars; brown-black outline separated from red-brown interior by narrow buff strip; small geometric shape between stars and ring separating base and body. Bowl shaped; 4 six pointed stars.

Credit Line Gift of Margaret M. Heyman, 1961

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