Paiute Basket

Coiled Basket

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Paiute Basket

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.64

Description

A small, tan basket with a brown lizard-arrow-bow pattern that repeats five times around the basket.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Made/Created

Notes

Note on previous documentation: "Reputed to be made by Dat-So-La-Lee, doubtful."

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Basin

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Paiute

Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

A 39

NH 83

Dimensions

Height

3-3/8 in

Diameter

5-3/8 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dr. Ethel Dana Atkinson

Notes

Donor

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Ethel Dana Atkinson (2)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Oct 21, 1971