Basket / CAS 1994-0008-0006

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Note: Preview image is incorrectly oriented. Cultural significance surrounds the Klamath River region. Counties bordering this area are Humboldt, Del Norte, and Siskiyou. The basket's date of manufacture falls within California's early 1900s timeframe. Materials used in its construction include hazel shoots, conifer roots, bear grass leaves, maidenhair fern stems, and woodwardia fern stems. Its dimensions stand at a height of 12.2 centimeters and a maximum diameter of 20.0 centimeters. Description: The basket features a deep, rounded shape with a flat base that is rounded in design. Curved sides rise to meet the straight rim. The basket's primary weaving style is plain twining, but three-strand twining is used on its base. A half-twist overlay features bear grass and maidenhair ferns, including concentric bands on the interior base and large terraced units on the exterior sides. These are framed by double lines just below the rim.