Object class: Containers for cooking food / Donor: Jorgen O. Nomland / Culture or time period: Southern Humboldt Athabaskan - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Containers for cooking food Donor Jorgen O. Nomland Culture or time period Southern Humboldt Athabaskan

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-28153, described as Twined, white zigzag design. A little dirty and worn from use, but still in good condition; 2 lattice-twined ribs in the white horizontal zigzag design; 3-strand twining occurs from start of basket out for a 1.5 cm radius; also 2 rows 6 cm from start. Per Ralph Shanks: The rim is trimmed. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is primarily on the exterior. There is a slight undulation.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-28152, described as Twined, white zigzag design. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used, with food residue and abrasions from cooking stones. The materials are willow warps with a conifer root weft and a beargrass overlay. There is some breakage near the rim. There is a crossed warp starting knot. Beginning at the starting knot there is 3 inches of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to an inch and a half from the rim, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by three weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main overlay design has three horizontal design bands of beargrass, one band of zigzag, followed by one plain band, followed by a band of triangles. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is predominately on the exterior. The surface slightly undulates.