Donor: Pliny Earle Goddard / Culture or time period: American cultures / Materials: Hazel shoots - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10539, described as Plate and sifter basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica),

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10569, described as Basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus rubra). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-13876, described as Bowl basket; twined. Used for serving grass seed flour. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Alder root (Alnus). Pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Overall color is white, red dye is chain fern (Woodwardia) in Alder.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-10518, described as Border is tied down with buckskin. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled and some unpeeled shoots, possibly hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), warps and peeled shoot wefts. The rim is reinforced with two rods lashed on with a strip of leather. There is a leather strap that forms a handle. Starting at the starting knot there is 2 1/2 inches of plain twining over two warps, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining over one warp to the rim. The warps are parallel. The rim is trimmed. The rim has two reinforcing rods on the interior lashed on with buckskin of the type more often seen at the rim of southern Humboldt Athabaskan burden baskets. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-10544, described as Very large openwork burden basket. Plain twined, cylindrical shape. Several mends with shoots and cotton fabric. Bottom is more tightly woven; 3-strand twining. Warp ends twined together to form rim at top. Shoots lashed to inside of rim. The strap is of rawhide of deer. Warp and weft are Hazel.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-10589, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder or Sedge root. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-10538, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is possibly Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder (Alnus rubra). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum).

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-10571, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is possibly Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder (Alnus rubra). Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Design near border. Black and white design in middle of basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-10580, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is possibly Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder (Alnus rubra) and Conifer (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum), red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder. Design is composed of stripes and parallelograms.

Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10586, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rawhide strap.