Washoe Sewing Basket

Coiled Basket

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DPR Collections

Name/Title

Washoe Sewing Basket

Description

Very nice old single rod basket decorated with designs consisting of four squares each of redbud. The lid has a round ring of willow that appears to have been coiled over copper wire.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1910

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Basin

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Washoe
Native American

Dimensions

Height

5-3/4 in

Diameter

9-1/2 in

Material

Willow, Redbud

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Coiled Start Type

Oval

Coiled Start Material

Willow

Coiled Finish Type

Self Coiled

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

1 Rod

Coiled Foundation Material

Willow

Coil Direction

Left

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Open Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Willow

Design Stitch Material

Redbud

Stitch Details

Unsplit or Whole, Non-Interlocking, Non-Bifurcated

Stitch End

Tucked