Yokuts Baby Rattle

Twined Basket

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DPR Collections

Name/Title

Yokuts Baby Rattle

Description

Nice little baby rattle filled with olivella shells made by noted Yokuts weaver Jennifer Malone.

Made/Created

Artist

Jennifer Malone

Date made

2017

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Yokuts
Native American

Dimensions

Height

2-1/4 in

Width

2-1/2 in

Length

6 in

Material

Redbud, Willow - Winter Peeled ("Sunburned"), Sedge

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Intersecting layered spokes

Twined Finish

Compound binding, coiled finish

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Closed Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Twining Design Techniques

Alternating Material Colors

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Willow - Winter Peeled ("Sunburned")

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Redbud, Sedge

Weft Slant

Z Slant (up to right)

Web Links and URLs

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