Linda Aguilar basket / CAS 2007-0009-00013D Model
Culture: Chumash
State: California; Ft. Collins, Colorado
Date of Manufacture: 2007
Materials: horsehair; linen thread; glass beads
Dimensions (cm): Small round coiled basket with flat base and sides that rise up slightly from the base and then gradually taper in towards the round mouth; basket is woven in an open coiled technique with widely spaced weft fibers of natural colored linen thread coiled around bundles of natural colored horse hair; around the upper sides of the basket, tiny glass beads in light green, dark green, and dark brown are secured with selected weft fibers, forming four large contiguous triangular motifs; Small round abalone button with two drilled holes is sewn into center of basket on interior, presumably to serve as the basket start.
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