Collector: Frank Bishop / Donor: Lloyd W. Swift / Culture or time period: Klamath River Tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235253, described as Twined basketry meal shaker. Whirlwind design in center, toothed designs on body. New and unused.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235237, described as Twined. Parallelograms in tan with vertical, light colored columns on straw colored ground.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235236, described as Twined. Unused. Woodwardia fern in rows. 2 encircling bands. Geometric designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-235218a,b, described as Tall, globular basket with lid. Reduced and embellished version of a traditional food storage basket. Twined, brown geometric designs with dark brown horizontal lines within. (a) Basket. 3 strand parallel twining at rim, rim damaged. (b) Lid. 2 loops top center. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". There is a swastika in ink on the bottom of the lid and on the interior of the basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined storage shaped basket with lid, probably made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel possibly willow. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is maidenhair and red dyed woodwardia designs with a background of beargrass. On the lid there is a handle made of something like conifer root over a commercial cloth. On the main basket (a) at the starting knot there is 1.5 inches of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues 3 inches to where there are three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues up to the rim where there are several rows of diagonal twining followed by one row of plain twining at the rim. The main design is geometric zigzags with dark brown horizontal lines within. At the rim there is a horizontal band of triangles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay is single sided on the exterior with some design coming through to the interior. The lid (b) has a crossed warp start with three strand twining for 1 inch followed by plain twining until 1 inches from the rim, where there is one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. All of the other techniques are the same as the main basket. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-235239, described as Twined basketry. Main design band is zigzag in brown and black. There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined cap. Crossed warp starting knot with a beargrass overlay. The warp material is probably hazel. The background wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, red dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining. After that, there is one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to .75 inch below the rim where there is another weft row of lattice twining. After that plain twining continues to the end of the rim, which is trimmed. The design background overlay is beargrass on the lower .75 of the cap; the upper .25 background is woodwardia. The design at the start is a horizontal band of beargrass outlined by maidenhair fern. Below the lattice twining is a row of alternating beargrass and maidenhair fern. The main design is a horizontal zigzag band on a beargrass background. The design at the rim is five elements of two sets of right triangles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay is on the exterior, with some pattern coming through to the other side. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-235226, described as Squat globular fancy basket. Dark brown geometric designs with triangular projections. Diagonal series of squares within each brown mass. Rim is misshapen. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by a 1/4 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is wrapped with beargrass and maidenhair fern. The main design is three sets of four diagonally stepped geometric figures outlined in triangles with a diagonal chain of diamonds through the center of the figures. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-235228, described as Fancy basket, globular. 3 large areas of design. Design is diagonal mass in dark brown with triangular projections with opposing yellow porcupine quill triangular patterns. Tag on interior "Klamath R. tribes att.". Porcupine quill treated with DDT in 1975. Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl, not used. Indented crossed warp starting knot with a single sided overlay on the outside. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with designs in black maiden hair fern stem and yellow dyed porcupine quill. At the starting knot there is one inch of three strand twining, after that two inches of plain twining, after that one weft row of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, switching to plain twining until the rim, were there is two weft rows of three strand twining followed by one plain twined row. The design is three horizontal bands with triangle patterns on the outside. On the base there are four black designs and then there is a ring of black with rectangles coming off of it, with a similar pattern at the rim. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist with an exterior workface. This basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-235224, described as Twined, with pedestal. Fancy, bowl shaped. Openwork top and bottom. Brown design of 6 complex triangles in brown with central straw - colored diamond design. Rim and base are alternating sections of brown and straw color.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-235255, described as Openwork twined bowl - shaped basket patterned after salmon - serving basket. Tag: "Kamath R. Tr. Att.". Second tag: "Klamath R. Tribes att." Third tag "Kl R. Tr. Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork tray. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is hazel. The wefts are conifer root, as well as possibly another material. The basket is plain twined, with even spacing between the wefts. The warps are crossed for two rows begining 1 inch below the rim. After this there are three close weft rows. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The work direction is to the right. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-235225, described as Squat globular fancy basket. Dark brown patterns on straw colored ground. Brown mass surrounded by triangular designs. Sidewise chevrons inside brown mass. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". There is a swastika in ink on the inside. Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl, not used. Indented crossed warp starting knot with a single sided overlay on the outside. The warp material is probably willow or possibly hazel. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with designs in black maiden hair fern stem. At the starting knot there is 11/2 inches of three strand twining, after that 2 inches of plain twining, after that two weft rows of three strand twining, switching to plain twining until the rim, where there is two weft rows of three strand twining. The design is complex with three sets of patterns with triangles and zigzags, with one extra row of triangles between the designs and a ring of small triangles at the rim. At the base is one black ring. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist with an exterior workface. This basket is from Northwestern California.