1-3083 (attributed PAHMA number, Perhaps this basket is 1-3083) and Lost No. 12 (previous number, Tag with basket)
Object count:
1
Description:
Per Ralph Shanks: Large coiled bowl, never used, made to be storage basket or cooking pot. Design is zigzags, two sets of three vertical and three sets of three horizontal. Leftward warp direction. Workface is on the exterior. Clipped fag ends. Diagonally stitched rim finish. Bear grass foundation, background wefts sedge root, black designs are bracken fern root. Might be 1-3083, design description is not quite right but close. Supplementary catalog description matches. This basket is not Yokuts, it is Western Mono, whose basketry is often confused with Yokuts. Two tags, one on maroon string "number is lost" Second has "Lost No. 12" On reverse "Attributed W. Mono L. Dawson 3/6/59".