Object class: Tools, equipment, and supplies for basketmaking / Donor: Lloyd W. Swift / Function: 8.3 For Manufacturing - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Tools, equipment, and supplies for basketmaking Donor Lloyd W. Swift Function 8.3 For Manufacturing

Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-235200, described as Redbud cortex, brown. Cercis occidentalis.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-235201, described as Basketry material. Pteris aquilina/bracken fern root. Color was artificially deepened to black.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-235203, described as Wild grapevine. Vitus californica.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-235198, described as Nutmeg pine" root. Pinus sabiniana.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-235199, described as Bulrush root, black. Scripus maritimus.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-235204, described as Succulus (White willow). Salix mindsiana.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket start, accession number 1-235256, described as Twined. Zigzag band near edge. Possibly start for a cap. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket start. Indented crossed warp starting knot, covered with maidenhair fern. The warp material is hazel or willow. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot there is 3/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining. The design is triangles around the start followed by a checkered band. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist, with a rightward work direction. The design overlay is single sided on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.