Object name: Sifting tray / Collection place: Mad River, Humboldt County, California / Donor: Gladys Ayer Nomland - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-28564, described as Conical twined sifting basket. White overlay, mostly 2-faced. Dots, horizontal and vertical stripes, plain stripe around top. One break mended with wool yarn. Tags: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Conical twined basket. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with a beargrass overlay and one commercial twine repairs. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 1/8 inch, followed by 4 inches of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining followed by plain twining to the rim, where on the interior there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. There are variations in size of the weft stitches. The design is primarily alternating beargrass and conifer root. The workface is on the exterior. The primary overlay design is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates slightly.