Paiute Bowl

Coiled Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Paiute Bowl

Description

Bowl-shaped basket with tight and even weave. Background of sedge and design elements of bracken fern and redbud. It has four primary design elements consisting of stepped triangles in bracken fern on either side of a bar of redbud. Two coils below the rim are small stepped bar designs in bracken fern spanning three coils.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Basin

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Paiute - Mono Lake

Native American

Dimensions

Height

5-7/8 in

Diameter

14-1/2 in

Material

Willow, Bracken Fern, Redbud, Sedge

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Round

Coiled Start Material

Willow, Sedge

Coiled Finish Type

Overcast Whipstitch

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

3 Rod

Coiled Foundation Material

Willow

Coil Direction

Left

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Closed Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Sedge

Design Stitch Material

Bracken Fern, Redbud

Stitch Details

Irregularly Split, Interlocking, Randomly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Clipped