Object class: Bowl baskets / Collection place: Mendocino County, California / Donor: Samuel A. Barrett - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Bowl baskets Collection place Mendocino County, California Donor Samuel A. Barrett

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12059, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis).

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-11936, described as A tightly coiled globose basket, similar to 11934 but smaller. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl, used, with food residue. The wefts are widely spaced. The start is too grimy to describe. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are peeled shoots, with some redbud at the rim. The rim is plain wrapped with a missing coil ending. There are no designs except at the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and the majority of wefts have a down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under. The weft moving ends seem to be primarily bound under. The weft stitches are often split on the back face.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-11929, described as Sapwood. Tcaha = redbud; kolkai = backbone, i.e. spinal column of animal. Two Tags: "Yuki". Third tag "1063". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular coiled basket bowl. Some non-food residue is in the bottom interior. The basket has a twined start, with peeled redbud. The coil foundation is made up of peeled shoot splints. The wefts are widely spaced and are light interior redbud sapwood and unpeeled redbud designs. The design is two horizontal bands of two rows of unpeeled redbud. There is one possible random rectangle, formed by a few only partially peeled stitches. The rim is plain wrapped with peeled redbud. The rim coil ending is diagonally backstitched with two stitches. The weft moving ends are in a style that would normally appear concealed. The weft fag ends are bound under. 20% of the wefts are split on the interior, very few are split on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The work direction is to the right with a down to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12022, described as Hemispherical coiled basket with open stitch. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl, appears to be a food serving bowl. Used, with wear and food residue. The start is a coil start. The coil foundation is rod and splint redbud shoots. The wefts are interior peeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped, with a tapered coil ending with six diagonal backstitches. The weft fag ends and the weft moving ends are bound under. The wefts are split infrequently on the exterior, on the interior up to half are split. The basket has an exterior work face, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-11885, described as Very old hemispherical coiled basket. Tags: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled low broad bowl, probably a parching basket. Used, with food debris. The start is a pinhole start. The coil foundation is peeled shoot splint and rods. The basket wefts are unpeeled and peeled redbud. The unusual design includes four vertical stepped lines, two above and two below three horizontal bands, there is a horizontal band at the rim as well. There are random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped, the rim ending is missing. The basket has an exterior workface. The weft fag ends are bound under or concealed; the interior moving ends are bound under. There are about 30% split wefts on the interior, with less than 5% split on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with a down to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12057, described as Small globose coiled basket with three-rod foundation. Very similar to Pomo. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are unpeeled redbud with sedge root background. The design three diagonal steps with a lighting design in the middle. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered ending. The basket has an exterior workface, a leftward work direction, and the an up to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped. The weft moving ends are bound under or concealed. The weft stitches are 35% split on the backface and very little on the workface. The basket was said by Lizzie Scott, Yuki, to have been given to her by a Huchnom, Louise Hudson.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-11877, described as Globose coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. Some food residue is in the bottom interior. The basket has a twined start, with peeled redbud. The coil foundation is made up of peeled shoot rods and splints. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The design is three sets of horizontal multiple bands of unpeeled redbud, some with breaks. A portion of two rows have two to three inches of alternating redbud. There are random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with peeled redbud. The rim coil ending is back-stitched with five diagonal stiches. The weft fag ends are clipped or bound under. The moving ends are concealed. The wefts are non-interlocking, 40% of the wefts are split on the interior and less than 10% are split on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The work direction is to the right with a down to the right slant of weft twist. The basket was collected from Huchnom person, Susie Riley, but appears to be made in the Yuki style by Julia Wood (Yuki).

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-11989, described as Small straight sided old coiled basket with design of triangles vertically arranged. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket food serving bowl. There is some residue on the bottom interior. The starting knot is coiled and sewn over. The coil foundation is three rods of peeled shoots. The weft background is sedge and the weft design is unpeeled redbud and a dark black material that might be dyed bulrush. The design is stacked triangles; the first triangle is possible dyed bulrush, with the tip in unpeeled redbud, topped by another full triangle in redbud, topped by a portion of a redbud triangle continuing to the rim. The rim is plain wrapped and the coil ending is blunt with no backstitching; one stitch is missing; and some rods extending beyond the last wefts. The rim and a few wefts have been sliced with a knife. The weft fag ends are clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft stiches on the interior are about 30% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Some features of the basket are reminiscent of Huchnom design, including the use of sedge and possible bulrush; clipped fag ends and concealed moving ends; a three rod coil foundation; a coiled start; the lack of backstitching on the rim ending; and the lack of random rectangles; see pg. 117-118 of Indian Baskets of Central California for the use of rightward and leftward work direction by Huchnom weavers.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12027, described as Large flaring coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket serving bowl, with residue from food. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is one rod and splints of peeled shoots. The wefts are peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The design on the sides of the basket is two horizontal zigzags that almost, but do not intersect. There are no random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with some rim ticks. The coil ending is tapered with five remaining diagonal backstitches. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped or bound under, with some concealed. The weft moving ends are primarily bound under. The exterior has below 5% split stiches. The interior of the basket has nearly 50% split stiches. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist. The basket was made by a half Wailaki half Yuki person. The basket has more Wailaki aspects, with the lack of random rectangles and the design of non-intersecting lines, than Yuki aspects, but shares common Yuki and Wailaki techniques and materials.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-11952, described as Very old hemispherical parching basket. "Lost no.". Second tag "Yuki". Third tag "Yuki" on one side and "# lost". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. There are no abrasions but there is residue. The basket has a tight spiral coiled start. The coil foundation is three rod peeled shoots. The wefts are probably sedge root background with unpeeled redbud designs. The design includes diagonal crossed stacked-rectangle lines. There are no random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped; the rim coil ending is missing. The weft fag ends are over 90% concealed, with some clipped. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The exterior of the basket has a few split stiches; the interior has a majority of split stiches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a mixed slant of weft twist. The maker was said by Samuel Barrett's informants to be the mother of a Redwood, which is Huchnom. The use of sedge root is common to the Huchnom, and Huchnom work direction is typically but not always to the left see pg. 117-118 "Indian Baskets of Central California". Based on this and Barrett's informants comment this basket is likely to be Huchnom.