Large Maidu Bowl

Coiled Basket

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DPR Collections

Name/Title

Large Maidu Bowl

Description

Big very old bowl with evidence of much use.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1890

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Maidu
Native American

Dimensions

Height

6-1/4 in

Diameter

12-3/4 in

Material

Big Leaf Maple, Redbud, Bracken Fern

Coiled Basket Details

Coil Count

7

Stitch Count

12

Coiled Start Type

Coiled Start Type

Round

Coiled Start Material

Big Leaf Maple

Coiled Finish Type

Self Coiled

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

3 Rod

Coil Direction

Left

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Closed Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Big Leaf Maple

Design Stitch Material

Redbud, Bracken Fern

Stitch Details

Irregularly Split, Interlocking, Randomly Bifurcated

Coiled Contruction Notes

The designs are nearly entirely in redbud, but one of the design elements has two segments of a coil that are bracken fern, and another has a portion one coil in bracken fern.