Western Mono Cooking Basket

Coiled Basket

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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.

Cataloged By

Marjorie Kilpatrick

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

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Basket, Cooking

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cookware

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Cooking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

cooking baskets

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Baskets, Cooking, Native peoples

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Diameter

15-3/4 in

Material

Grass, Sedge, Bracken Fern

Coiled Basket Details

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

Location

Cabinet

Wall

East Wall

Room

West Gallery

Building

Museum Main

Moved By

Carl Patterson

Date

May 11, 2020

Location

Shelf

Shelf 14

Wall

West Wall

Room

Basement

Building

Museum Main

Date

September 30, 2003

Condition

Date Examined

Jan 2019

Reason for Exam

Post Exhibit

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Abrasion, Soiling/Grime

Date Examined

Jan 14, 1998

Examined By

Marjorie Kilpatrick

Notes

The basket is generally in good condition- there is wear from use, including staining and abrasions on the interior from rocks being stirred, and there is wear on the base from use, including a number of areas where the base has been repaired.

Valuations

Value

$2,000.00

Estimator

Davis & Davis, Inc.

Date

May 12, 1998

Notes

Davis: a very nice basket with evidence of ethnographic use and repair.

Created By

Daniel Rael

Create Date

January 29, 2018

Updated By

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Update Date

February 15, 2024