Basket

Death Valley National Park, National Park Service
Death Valley, CA, United States

This coiled basket is decorated with bow and arrow, tree, and arrowhead motifs. In baskets such as this one, the roots of bulrush plants were used to color the black decorative elements.

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Title: Basket
Contributor: Scotty's Castle - Death Valley National Park, National Park Service
Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/death_valley/exb/timbisha/DEVA23697_basket.html
Source: Death Valley National Park
Place Created: Inyo Co, CA
National Park Service Catalog Number: DEVA 23697
Medium: Willow (Salix lasiandra), bulrush
Measurements: Dia 13 cm
Date: c 1928-1945

Death Valley National Park, National Park Service

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