Donor: Mrs. A. K. Munson / Culture or time period: Northwestern California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-168833, described as Fancy" basket. Open twining, 9 red shafted flicker feathers pendant from rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-168831, described as White overlay band design of diamonds with 2 bands of triangles.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-168830, described as White overlay "elk" or "cut wood design.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-168829, described as 2 encircling coots on the outside, white overlay "spread finger design.

Hearst Museum object titled Bottle and lid, accession number 1-168835a,b, described as Basketry covered glass bottle and ground glass stopper. Plain twining. (a) Bottle. Encircling bands top and bottom. o/w plain field. (b) Stopper. Brown encircling bands. Tag "N.W. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass bottle (a) with basketry covered glass stopper (b). Uncertain type starting knot, possibly crossed warp. The warp material is probably hazel or a dark peeled shoot. The weft material is a dark conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. Description for a: starting after the starting knot, there is .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues for 4.5 inches after which there is a single weft row of three strand twining. This followed by 5/8 inch of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the last weft row, which is three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The stopper b: probably has a crossed warp starting knot. The rest of the materials on the stopper are the same as the main basket. The stopper starts with .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, with an atypical simple design, slightly different materials and unusually small weft stitches, but with overall similar weaving techniques.

Hearst Museum object titled Bottle and lid, accession number 1-168834a,b, described as Basketry covered glass bottle and ground glass stopper. Plain twining. (a) Bottle. Diagonal design bands with projecting triangles, brown on natural ground. (b) Stopper covered with plain twining. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass perfume or medicine bottle with basketry covered glass stopper. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft design overlay is maidenhair fern with a beargrass background. Starting after the starting knot, there is .75 inch three strand twining, followed by 0.5 inch of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues after that all of the way up to the neck. The design is diagonal stacks of double triangles. The rim is trimmed. The stopper (b) has a crossed warp starting knot. The rest of the materials are the same as the main basket. From the starting knot there is three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by ½ inch of plain twining, followed by one weft rows of three strand twining, after that there is plain twining to the ⅓ of an inch from rim where there is a single weft row of lattice twining followed by plain twining. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The stopper has a single-sided overlay with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-168832, described as White, red and black overlay design, perhaps "inverted".