Basket jar
Tightly woven to hold water, this basket exemplifies the craftsmanship of Southern California weavers during the Spanish mission period in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The more complex designs are seen only on the bottom of the vessel: concentric circles of crosses, triangles, and diamonds radiate outward from the coil’s center. The outside of the vessel features alternating bands of solid bars and checkerboard patterns on the body and a series of rhomboid shapes on the neck.
Artwork Details
- Title: Basket jar
- Date: ca. 1790
- Geography: Made in Santa Barbara County, California, United States
- Culture: Chumash, Native American
- Medium: Sumac shoots and dyed and undyed juncus stems
- Dimensions: 6 1/2 × 9 in. (16.5 × 22.9 cm)
- Credit Line: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 2021
- Object Number: 2021.434.24
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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