Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Collection place: Mariposa, Mariposa County, California / Donor: Phoebe Apperson Hearst - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Basketry (object genre) Collection place Mariposa, Mariposa County, California Donor Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20884, described as Shallow, with no decoration. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10265, described as 3-Rod coiled with interlocking stitches, with flaring sides. Decoration: vertical banding, in black. Broken at several places along the rim as well as near the bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10442, described as Mush basket, 3-rod coiling with non-interlocking stitches, with flaring sides and a mended base. Decoration: horizontal black zigzags. Base is mended.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20882, described as 3-Rod coiling with interlocking stitches (many split on interior face) and herringbone border stitch at rim; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: black pattern of diagonal bands of diamonds.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry material, accession number 1-10328, described as Bundle of flag leaves and wild wheat-like grass. Native name and meaning: "koiha" - flag-like material; "tiela" - the wheat-like green material. The "koiha" is used on the inside of a basket and the "tiela" is used on the outside to make "pretty looking basket". Used as foundation material for 1-10329 (basket start).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket start, accession number 1-10329, described as Start of coiled basket, made of string with a flag leaf and grass foundation. Flag leaves are on the inside and grass on outside of coil bundle. This was done in order to produce a "pretty green effect". According to Ruth Merrill, the warp is Epicampes, Cattail string, and Iris leaf.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-410, described as Bread tray basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge( Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Coiled on bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches; large and truncate-coned. Decoration: 4 horizontal bands of alternating solid black triangles.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20883, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is string. Decorated with red and green woolen yarn in step design.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10334, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. 3-Rod coiling with interlocking stitches; made with split shoots of unpeeled redbud; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: triangles and banded designs in red.

Hearst Museum object titled Mush basket, accession number 1-10288, described as Mush basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Coiled on a bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches; wide mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: brown horizontal and diagonal zigzags.