Collection place: The Americas / Donor: Samuel A. Barrett / Loans: S1966-1967 #14: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (October 20, 1966–January 20, 1967) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place The Americas Donor Samuel A. Barrett Loans S1966-1967 #14: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (October 20, 1966–January 20, 1967)

Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 1-10116, described as Bone with cloth-wrapped handle and sharp point. Described as being "old" when first collected. (tulla)

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10401, described as Coiled basket made with flag leaved and grass stems as foundation and cotton twine as sewing material. Ornamented with yarn and quail plumes.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-157429, described as Twined, scoop shaped, banded design in red bud. Basket for sifting salt from salt grass

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12090, described as Per Ralph Shanks and Justin Underhill: 3 tags with cat #, 1 with Wailaki twined open-work hanging basket. Cross warp starting knot done with 2 pairs of widely spaced warp sticks. The basket is plain twined to the rim, with the uppermost weft rows being closely alligned with one another. The basket is irregularly shaped with a rightward work direction and the wefts are up to the right slant of weft twist. Rim is trimmed with most warp sticks extending above the rim about 1/8-1/4 inch. The basket has a commercial rope/string tied to it so the basket can be hung. The warp rows have 1 to 3 warp sticks. The material is peeled shoots, possibly willow. Fibre strand found in the last weft row from the rim about 2 inches from the rope handle. Hemispherical openwork basket. In good condition, just dusty. Plain twining, weft ends turned to parallel a warp up to the top. 2 rows of close twining at the rim, with cut warps extending above. 3 strands of commercial cotton twine knotted together and tied to basket edge as a handle.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12089, described as Hemispherical openwork basket. In good condition. Twill-twined; 4 strands of cotton twine tied onto rim as a handle. 2 rows of close twining at rim. Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork basket bowl, used, per Samuel Barrett was used as a general receptacle hanging basket. Perpendicular crossed warp start, wrapped with crossed double sticks. Probably willow or hazel warps and wefts, with a cotton string handle, and cotton tie on the side of the rim. The wefts primarily are over 1-3 warps. The warps are primarily crossed. The warps are paired when new warps are added, with the beginning of the warp twisted under a weft stitch and then joined with the old warp. The basket is plain twined, at the rim there are two closer spaced weft rows. The rim is trimmed with warp sticks extending above the uppermost weft row. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right; the slant of weft twist is up to the right. The basket slightly undulates, and is slightly oblong, probably due to being hung.