Collector: Pliny Earle Goddard / Donor: Phoebe Apperson Hearst / Culture or time period: California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collector Pliny Earle Goddard Donor Phoebe Apperson Hearst Culture or time period California tribes

Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-2540, described as Pan Basket. Tags: Lassik, Tugak and second and 3rd tag say Lassik Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, used, probably with acorn processing or acorn flour. Has distinctive Lassik cross warp start. Materials are conifer root weft with bear grass overlay with peeled shoot warps. From the start there is 1 1/2 inches of 3 strand twining, followed by plain twining until 1/4 inch from the rim where we get a single row of 3 strand twining and then 2 weft rows of plain twining. The rim is trimmed with numerous warp sticks extending up to about 1/4 inch from the rim. The slant of weft twist is up and to the right with a rightward work direction. The surface is slightly undulating. The design has about 12 parrallel bands, is single sided with irregular bear grass appearing on the interior. Basket has an exterior workface. The basket is quite distinctive from Northwestern California twining. Pan basket, close woven.

Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-2417, described as Stone

Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 1-2468, described as With handle made of stone.

Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 1-2451, described as Cooper's adze.

Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 1-2574, described as Apron of pendants covered with Xerophyllum.

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