Basket
NA7970
Location: On Display in the Native American Voices
From: California (State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA7970 |
| Current Location | Native American Voices - On Display |
| Culture | Mono |
| Provenience | California (State) |
| Culture Area | California Culture Area |
| Creator | Mary Buckskin |
| Locus | North Fork of the Fresno River. This also places it in Foothill Yokuts territory. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Sedge | Redbud | Bracken Fern |
| Technique | Basketry | Coiled |
| Description | Large, bowl shaped, bundle-coiled basket. Design of two bands of alternating male and female figures. Each figure is formed by alternating bands of red and black bracken fern. Lower band has 6 males and 5 females, while the upper band has 10 males and 10 females. Noted as being made by Mary Buckskin. |
| Height | 21.59 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 39.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Henry K. Deisher, 1918 |
| Other Number | 291 - Collector Number |
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