TITLE | Mono Mush Basket |
DESCRIPTION | Mush Boiling Basket. Large. Decorative design: Two bands of two rows of triangular pattern in dark brown. The rows are not continuous. Triangular pattern that is not visible to eye is present on inside basket. Two-colors: Tan and dark brown. |
STORAGE LOCATION | East Wall Storage Cabinet 3 |
DATE (MADE) | Late 19th - early 20th century |
ARTIST/MAKER | Western Mono |
PLACE (MADE) | California |
DONOR INFORMATION/ PROVENANCE | Collector: Louisa Williamson Hutchison Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Robins |
MATERIALS | Sedge root and Bracken Fern root coiled on grass bundle foundation. |
MEASUREMENTS | 10.8 (H) x 30.7 (W) x 110.8 (C) cm: (7.0 (H) x 14 1/2 (W) x 46 1/2 (C) in.) |
ACCESSION NUMBER | ULV-JAEGR-2014-191 |
NOTES | Underside has a dark brown stain. Attached label: “”74 ULV Mono Mush”” and “”4-5″”. “” Card inside: “”W. Mono (S.W. Sierras CA - NV. Plain twined acorn mush boiling basket.”” Hutchison”” is painted in white [unknown] substance underneath. |
HEADER | Basketry |
KEYWORDS | Native American
Amerind |