Collection place: Mendocino County, California / Donor: Edward W. Gifford / Culture or time period: Yuki - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 1-26737, described as Netting bag; commercial string, 3 ply; blue drawstring, 3 ply; 2 red tassels hanging from bottom corners.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-26734, described as Man's openwork carrying basket of hazel twigs; in poor condition. Tag: "Yuki" on one side "# lost". Second tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork conical twined carrying basket, in poor condition. Used with signs of wear. Starting knot is missing. Hazel warps and wefts. Denim or canvas cloth carrying straps and a muslin strip and native fiber wrapped around the rim. The rim is bent over to the interior and woven back in. The warps are single all the way up to four. The warps are primarily parallel. The basket is plain twined. The basket has an exterior workface; the work direction is difficult to see but was probably to the right, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. Coast Yuki baskets and culture are distinct from Yuki interior baskets.

Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-26735, described as Wood; stick and string; showing method of attaching bow string.

Hearst Museum object titled Message stick, accession number 1-26736, described as Wooden; 6 small sticks attached by twine.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-26731, described as Flat mortar stone, used with basket hopper.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-26732, described as Flat mortar stone, used with basket hopper.

Hearst Museum object titled Paddle model, accession number 1-26733, described as Flat, wooden (packing crate wood used); hole at handle and paddle end; distal end barbed.

Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-26730, described as Short stone pestle.

Hearst Museum object titled Shuttle model, accession number 1-26739, described as Netting shuttle; 2 wooden sticks; twine attached.

Hearst Museum object titled Stick, accession number 1-26738, described as Stick used as mesh measure in making of 1-26737