Object class: Cooking baskets / Collector: John Preston Stanley / Donor: John Preston Stanley - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-392, described as Plain twined. Dull brown color, with complex band near rim in lighter shade. Dirty and very worn from use. Tags "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is .75 inch of three strand twining followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues until 2 inches below the rim, where two weft rows of lattice twining are separated by one row of plain twining. Plain twining continues until the rim, which is trimmed. The main design is located above and below the lattice twining. The design is a repeating pattern consisting of a pentagon with a triangle on the point. The overlay is primarily on the exterior, although a separate pattern is evident on the back face. There is an original repair on the base. The basket has an exterior workface. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist, and a rightward work direction. The basket is from Northwestern California, the shape of this basket is common among the Yurok.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-431, described as Truncate-cone, coiled. Diagonally crossing lines of joined triangles in dark red. Tag: "Maidu". Second tag "Maidu". Third tag "128". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled cooking basket, used. The rim is damaged, with some repairs in string. The basket has a three rod foundation, possible willow. The wefts are bulrush and sedge root. The start is a tight spiral. The basket has an exterior workface. The basket has a leftward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are concealed. The weft moving ends are bound down. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a slightly tapered coil end. There is one design and it is diagonally crossing lines of joined triangles. The basket is from the east side of the Sacramento valley, and is from the Valley Maidu.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-322, described as Plain-twined cooking basket, 4 red bands.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-444, described as Basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine root (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pliable plain-twined hemispherical basket. Four complex horizontal bands in red.