Miwok Bowl

Coiled Basket

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DPR Collections

Name/Title

Miwok Bowl

Description

Nice, well made basket- arrow designs close to base (6 on one side, 7 on other), a nearly continuous zig zag line around the middle and a nearly continuous zig zag line near the rim resembling birds, all of bracken fern.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Mewuk
Native American

Dimensions

Height

2-7/8 in

Diameter

5-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Bowl diameter is 4 1/8" at the rim; max. diameter is 5 1/4.

Material

Sedge, Bracken Fern

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Coiled Start Type

Clock Spring

Coiled Start Material

Sedge

Coiled Finish Type

Self Coiled

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

1 Rod

Coil Direction

Left

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Closed Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Sedge

Design Stitch Material

Bracken Fern

Stitch Details

Unsplit or Whole, Interlocking, Randomly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Clipped