Linda Aguilar basket / CAS 2007-0009-0002A,B3D Model
Culture: Chumash
Date of Manufacture: 2007
Materials: Horsehair; linen thread; glass, shell, and stone beads; snake vertebrae
Dimensions (cm): Height = 8.2, Rim Diam = 3.7, Max Diam = 9.6
Description: Small round coiled basket with flat base and sides that rise up to mid-level height and then gradually taper inward to narrow diameter round mouth; separate lid is conical and fits down over the basket’s upper sides; both basket and lid are woven in open coiled technique, with widely spaced natural colored, red, and black linen thread wrapped around bundles of natural, black, or red horsehair; base and lower sides and band around mid-section are woven of natural colored linen threads over natural-colored horsehair bundles; ends of horse hairs around mid-section are left sticking out from basket, reminiscent of feathers used by some California native basket weavers.
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