Basket
NA8280
Location: On Display in the Native American Voices
From: California (State)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA8280 |
Current Location | Native American Voices - On Display |
Culture | Panamint |
Provenience | California (State) |
Culture Area | Great Basin Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Willow | Devil's Claw | Bird Quill |
Technique | Basketry | Coiled |
Description | Coiled basket with vertical meandering design of black/brown lines with accent of white bird quill. Base of naturally colored brown fiber. Eight black/brown crosses span diameter of basket with central square of white bird quill. Top of basket decorated with black circle, from which eight lizards hang. Rim divided by black stripes. |
Credit Line | Gift of William K. Jewett, 1918 |
Other Number | 5148 - Collector Number |
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