Maidu Bowl

Coiled Basket

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DPR Collections

Name/Title

Maidu Bowl

Description

Well made bowl- nice patina. Excellent condition-minor damage visible with a few missing stitches on the rim, sides, and base. The base shows wear. Per the seller, this basket is circa 1890.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1890

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Maidu
Native American

Dimensions

Height

4-1/8 in

Diameter

9-1/2 in

Material

Willow, Sedge, Bracken Fern

Coiled Basket Details

Coil Count

6

Stitch Count

11

Coiled Start Type

Coiled Start Type

Round

Coiled Start Material

Willow, Sedge

Coiled Finish Type

Self Coiled

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

Stitch Details

Irregularly Split, Interlocking, Regularly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Tucked