Basket jar

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Date created: circa 1920

Culture/People: Yokuts

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1928.
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Place: Central California; California; USA (inferred)

See related items: Yokuts; Containers and Vessels
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, California & Great Basin

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/3299
Barcode: 163299.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket jar
Media/Materials: Deer grass, sedge root, redbud, bracken fern stem
Techniques: Coiled
Dimensions: 17 x 17 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65f827241-9329-4e3f-a717-16791face3a2

Record ID: NMAI_175030