Donor: Alfred L. Kroeber / Culture or time period: Klamath River Tribes / Taxon: Pinus lambertiana - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Acorn meal basket, accession number 1-11744, described as Acorn meal basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Strengthening withes of Hazel. Grimy from use. Plain twined. Single faced overlay.

Hearst Museum object titled Acorn meal basket, accession number 1-11674, described as Acorn meal basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Strengthening withes of Hazel. Coated with grime from use. Hole at bottom mended with coated canvas in middle, sewn on with string. Plain twined. Single faced overlay.

Hearst Museum object titled Acorn meal basket, accession number 1-9375, described as Acorn meal basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Wornout center mended with inserted piece of basketry. Very dirty from use. Plain twined, white overlay. Design difficult to discern. Formerly had a lattice twined reinforcing rod on the bottom. Insert: Same as basket; with black Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) dye.

Hearst Museum object titled Acorn meal basket, accession number 1-9512, described as Acorn meal basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Strengthening withes of Hazel. Grimy from use. Some sewing of fraying rim. Plain twined. some scaffolding still attached to back. Single faced overlay.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-11742, described as Basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Close woven conical basket. Large, rounded bottom. Breaks at bottom, near rim. Dirty from use. White overlay floats on back. Lower portion of basket bands of vertical stripes. Portion of main design sketched below. Motif runs in diagonal bands. Dried leaves inside.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 1-11834a,b, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) and Hazel. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-11800, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Dress cap, plain twining with overlay. 3 strand twining at rim somewhat damaged. 2 encircling design bands define design zone. 'Xerophyllum tenax' floated on both back and front under red or brown designs. Main motif is red or brown parallelograms with white features within (badly faded). Grimy and worn.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-11678, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Basketry cap. Woman's. Old and grimy. Plain twined. Start and 2 single rows defining design zones are in 3 strand twining. Single faced overlay. Horizontal stripes of maidenhair fern bordered with white grass.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-11799, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Dress cap, plain twined. Large geometrical designs on field within encircling bands. Most of basket overlaid. Grimy from use. Plain twining, 3-strand twining at start; mostly single faced.

Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11684, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Dark pattern is Hazel. Mended with sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Striped with black in four places. Used. Smoke darkened. 1 mend. 4 sets of 2 warp stripes, composed of 3 warps per stripe. Plain open twined work. Groups of 6 crossed warp pairs near rim. Warp ends braided to form rim. Warp crossed in places below rim.