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Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164158, described as Twined trinket basket with terraced rectangular overlay designs. Tag "Northwest Calif Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, probably made for sale, the shape appears to be derived from the traditional Northwestern California hat shape. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and red dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/2 inches plain twining, followed by 1 weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is 1/4 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim appears to be comprised of 1 weft row of twining with a reinforcing rod wrapped with a tan material. The main design is a red dyed woodwardia background with a horizontal band of beargrass rectangles forming a zig zag followed by three horizontal bands of two weft row wide beargrass. 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, on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California. There is a hair woven in near the rim.
Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164160, described as Twined trinket basket; globular. Vertical zigzag design. Tag "Northwest Calif att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl "fancy basket". Crossed warp starting knot, overlaid with beargrass. The design overlay is on the outside of the basket. The warp material is hazel. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and red- dyed woodwardia fern. At the starting knot there is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, after that 1 inch of plain twining, after that three weft rows of three strand twining, switching to plain twining until the rim. The warp sticks stick out above the rim a 1/4 inch. The design is five elements of vertical zigzags in alternating tan and red, both outlined in small triangles. On the base there is a beargrass overlay of a sun-like/ linked triangle pattern. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist with an exterior workface. Based on the materials and techniques this is a Northwest California basket, possibly Karuk based on the extensive use of red-dyed woodwardia.
Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164162, described as Twined trinket basket with openwork bands, scalloped rim. Tag: "Northwest Calif. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Close-twined and openwork basket, made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there are two weft rows of plain twining, followed by 3 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by 3 weft rows of three strand twining. Going up the sides of the basket plain twining is followed by openwork parallel warps, followed by plain twining with its uppermost weft row in three strand twining, followed by openwork crossed warps. At the rim there are 2 weft rows and a possibly a reinforcing rod wrapped with beargrass. The rim undulates. The main design is horizontal bands of alternating beargrass and maidenhair fern triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, 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 1-164159, described as Twined trinket basket with row of triangles at top. Tags "Northwest Calif. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is willow or hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/4 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of a one weft row of plain twining. The design is beargrass on a red-dyed woodwardia background. 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 Treasure basket, accession number 1-164145, described as Trinket basket in diagonal twining technique. Tag "Northwest Calif. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably willow. The weft is conifer root. At the starting knot there are three weft rows of three strand twining. After that 2 inches of diagonal twining followed by one weft row of three strand twining. After that diagonal twining continues until the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining followed by diagonal twining all the way to the rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwest California. The use of diagonal twining for the majority of the basket is uncommon in Northwest California. Merriam said that diagonal twining is common among the Yurok.
Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164129, described as Twined, with triangular designs in overlay technique.
Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164163, described as Twined trinket basket; globular. Triangular design. Tag "Northwest Calif. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular basket bowl, probably made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and red dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there are two inches of plain twining, followed by 2 weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of 2 weft rows of plain twining with a trimmed rim. The main design is a horizontal band of sets of three stacked triangles above and below a center line. 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, on the exterior, with some design coming through on the interior. The basket is from Northwest California. There is a hair woven into the basket near the rim, below the openwork.
Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164157, described as Twined trinket basket with zigzag overlay design. Tag "Northwest California att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is in beargrass and red-dyed woodwardia. There is a string tied at the rim. Starting at the starting knot, there is 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining, followed by 2 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining followed by 1 weft row of plain twining, followed by 1/4 inch of paired open-work crossed warps, followed by two weft rows of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is comprised of six lipped chevrons in beargrass on a red-dyed woodwardia background. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The basket is from Northwest California.
Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 2-34864, described as Twined and spiral lattice binding; purple, yellow and red bands.
Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164161, described as Twined trinket basket with openwork bands. Tag: "Northwest Calif. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot with four diagonal overstitches. The warp material is probably hazel. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there are two weft rows of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining over two warp sticks, followed by another .75 inch of plain twining over two warp sticks, both forming a distinctive pattern. This is followed by one weft row of plain twining over one warp, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Going up the sides of the basket plain twining is followed by openwork parallel warps, followed by plain twining, followed by openwork crossed warps. At the rim there are two weft rows and a reinforcing rod wrapped with beargrass. The main design is a horizontal bands of alternating materials. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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