Western Mono Cooking Basket

Coiled Basket

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Side and Interior View

Side and Interior View

Name/Title

Western Mono Cooking Basket

Entry/Object ID

1998.1.1

Description

Large Western Mono or Monache basket used for cooking acorn mush, decorated with two wide ziz-zag bands. There is a good deal of wear on the interior and the base from use, and nice native repairs are visible on the base.

Category

Utilitarian
Baskets

Acquisition

Accession

1998.1

Source or Donor

Joseph DelRey

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

circa 1910

Time Period

1910's

Place

State/Province

California

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Western Mono
Native American

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Diameter

15-3/4 in

Material

Grass, Sedge, Bracken Fern

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Coiled Start Type

Round

Coiled Start Material

Grass, Sedge

Coiled Finish Type

Self Coiled

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

Bundle

Coiled Foundation Material

Grass

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