Object name: Bowl basket / Loans: S1962-1963 #8: Four Winds Club, Oakland YWCA (September 13, 1962–September 17, 1962) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20905, described as Large, deep, coiled. With one broad band in light brown, bordered by black serrations. Tag on side bottom "Cahuilla" and on the bottom "No. 27[?] Property of Mrs. George H. Taylor Fresno, Cal." Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden/storage basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. Weft designs are black dyed juncus and orange juncas. The background wefts appears to be tan juncus. The design is a band of orange juncus surrounded above and below by bands of black dyed juncus undulations. One short line of black dyed juncus is at the side. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The start is tightly woven. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a herringbone ending, with the very end missing. Based on the techniques, design, and materials, this basket is from the Cahuilla.