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61-12-11

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 61-12-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Washoe | Panamint
Culture Area Great Basin Culture Area
Section American
Materials Willow | Bullrush | Bracken Fern
Technique Coiled | Basketry
Description

Counter clockwise coil; 10 wefts per cm.; curving sides; buff; rim coil has five areas of alternating brown-black and buff weft; brown-black coil fourth from rim starts decorated zone; five diagonal rows of three rectangles each; first two rectangled of each row are outlines in brown-black and have red-brown centers separated by a little buff; bottom rectangles have two geometric designs-all brown-black; base is brown-black with a buff 4-pointed leaf-like design in the center. Bowl shape; five diagonal rows of three rectangles each; base has a buff 4-pointed leaf-like design against a dark background.

Credit Line Gift of Margaret M. Heyman, 1961

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