Western Mono Cooking Basket

Coiled Basket

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DPR Collections

Name/Title

Western Mono Cooking Basket

Description

Bowl decorated with classic designs consisting of two bands of alternating up and down triangles in bracken fern.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Western Mono

Native American

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Diameter

12 in

Material

Bunch Grass, Sedge, Bracken Fern

Coiled Basket Details

Coil Count

6

Stitch Count

10

Coiled Start Type

Coiled Start Type

Round

Coiled Start Material

Bunch Grass, Sedge

Coiled Finish Type

Overcast Whipstitch

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

Bundle

Coiled Foundation Material

Grass

Coil Direction

Left

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Open Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Sedge

Design Stitch Material

Bracken Fern

Stitch Details

Irregularly Split, Interlocking, Randomly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Clipped