Collection place: Northern California / Donor: Philip Mills Jones / Taxon: Xerophyllum tenax - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-373, described as Hat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is chain fern (Woodward) in alder (Alnus), black dye is maidenhair, brown dye is pine root in mud, mud-dyed alder, or Hazel.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-467, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). Pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Mud-dyed alder or hazel. Strong rim forming hand grip at upper end. Longitudinal elements bound by spaced plain twining.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 1-372, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia Spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra).

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 1-374, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia Spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra).

Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-427, described as Tobacco basket, twined. Two design bands of zigzag, one band of diagonal hatching, broad band of alternating pine root and xerophyllum tenax, similar narrower band near base of basket. Hazel shoot warps exposed 1.1 cm below the mouth. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Unsp.". Cloth tag "124". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined tobacco basket, missing the lid. The warps are crossed at the starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root with beargrass overlay. At the base there is plain twining to the edge, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to just below the rim, where there are exposed warps, followed by three weft rows of plain twining, and the last weft row is three strand twining. The design begins at the edge of the base, with alternating beargrass; the next design is two horizontal zigzag lines in conifer root above and below a horizontal row of slashes. At the rim there are vertical lines of beargrass and conifer root alternating. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California. The beargrass design is typical of tobacco baskets from Northwest California.

Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-330, described as Plain twined "tobacco" basket. Bands and broad vertical zigzag pattern in light brown. Three tags "N.W. Calif.", "Klamath R. Tribes att.", "27". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined, globular basket with constricted mouth. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is in beargrass. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2.5 inches of plain twining, followed by 1 weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 weft row of plain twining, followed by 1 weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is 1 weft row of three strand twining, with the remnants of 1 more weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod on the inside. The main design is five vertical zigzags outlined in triangles. 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. The basket is from Northwest California.