Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC9602001

Category: Basket

Region: California

Tribe: Washoe

Period: 1900-1925

Materials: Sunburned willow on willow ground

Description: The oblong Washoe (bread) basket by Louisa Keyser (Dat-so-la-lee). Keyser used on of her winnowing trays, cut to an oval shape, for the base, then wove the rest of the base in one-rod coiling, and completed the sides in three-rod coiling.

Dimensions: Length 10 inches 25.4 cm. Width 7 inches 17.8 cm. Depth 2.5 inches 6.35 cm.

Provenance:

Healy Collection

Exhibitions:

Utah Museum of Fine Art, 2009 - 2010

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