Object class: Cooking baskets / Donor: Phoebe Apperson Hearst - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-4097, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is sedge (Carex). Black pattern is redbud.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10059, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Decoration: three horizontal zigzags, in black, encircling basket. Brackenfern root is dark material. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Used for serving food and in cooking.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-759, described as In good condition but dusty, shows signs of use. A large, wide and shallow shape. Two- faced overlay designs; 2 bands of connected diamonds, running horizontally, a dotted stripe below; white overlay material. Predominantly plain twining. 3-strand twining from basket start 7 cm radius, large stitches; 2 more rows at 9 cm from start; 2 rows at basket rim. Two tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, lightly used, with no apparent food residue. The basket has a crossed warp start, indented, non-perpendicular. The warps are a peeled shoot. The weft material is conifer root, with a beargrass design overlay. From the starting knot there are 1 1/2 inches of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, plain twining continues to the rim, where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed, with the majority of the warp sticks extending above the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right of slant of weft twist. The basket has an exterior workface. The weft overlay is primarily on the exterior, with some irregularly on the interior. The basket has some undulation.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-936, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9950, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: double row of crossing diagonal black bands in "flying geese" pattern. 3-rod coiling with stitches split on interior face. Bottom has been extensively repaired and the rim is damanged in several places.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-3977, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With zigzag design.

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