Large Coiled Basket (Dop-pim-lo-lom)

Maidu

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Object Label

This coiled basket is an early version of an innovative bicolor style whose creation was stimulated by the growing market for California Native-made baskets. The diagonal brown and red designs accentuate the basket’s rounded walls. The piece’s pristine condition indicates that it was made for sale at a time of extreme hardship for Native people in California, when women wove and sold baskets to collectors to help support their families.

Caption

Maidu. Large Coiled Basket (Dop-pim-lo-lom), late 19th or early 20th century. Maple, bracken fern root, redbud bark, 5 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (14.6 x 31.8 x 31.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund, 08.491.8742.

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Maidu

Title

Large Coiled Basket (Dop-pim-lo-lom)

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Medium

Maple, bracken fern root, redbud bark

Classification

Container

Dimensions

5 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (14.6 x 31.8 x 31.8 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund

Accession Number

08.491.8742

Rights

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