Object class: Bowl baskets / Donor: Alfred L. Kroeber / Culture or time period: Northwestern California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Bowl baskets Donor Alfred L. Kroeber Culture or time period Northwestern California tribes

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-14979, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-9576, described as Small twined basket. Per Ralph Shanks and Justin Underhill: 3 tags with cat #, 1 with Wailaki small, globular, close-twined bowl basket, possibly used (debris on the exterior surface of the bottom). Cross-warp start, followed by ⅓ inch of 3 strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. An inch from the start there is 1 inch of alternating single weft row bands of bear grass overlay and undecorated conifer root, followed by the primary overlay area that has a background of bear grass and two decorative overlay bands of fern stems (possibly maidenhair fern) the overlay is placed over top of wefts of conifer root and warps of hazel. The rim was closely trimmed however a lot of the last weft row is missing, exposing warp sticks. The overlay is irregular double-sided overlay. Mild indentation at bottom of basket, work direction is rightward, mild undulations to the surface of the basket, overlayed portion of the basket is quite stiff. Starting knot is over-stitched in a manner different from that typically found in NW California. The alternating bands of bear grass and conifer are also not typical. no maker's hairs were found. Small, twined. In good condition. Mainly overlay, 2-faced. White background with reddish-purple designs; white stripe just below rim. Upper design: dark and light triangles form a band of larger triangles. Lower design: a two-step design of 2 equidistant dark lines is repeated horizontally. On the bottom are alternating rows of white and brown, to within 3 cm of the start of basket. 3-strand twining 2 cm radius out from start.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-9409, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). With pattern of rows of white dots. Plain twined.