Donor: Sarah A. Lyman / Culture or time period: American cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cup and saucer, accession number 1-230664a,b, described as a) Cup with handle, sawtooth design near rim. b) Saucer, sawtooth design near rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Feast basket, accession number 1-230676, described as Large coiled feast basket with flaring sides. 2 encircling rattlesnake bands composed of straw-color-outlined red diamonds on black ground, in between two bands are standing anthropomorphic figures (alternating figures of women and men).

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-51754, described as Could also be cap. Made from bowl-shaped twined basket with deep design band on body of alternating brown and straw-colored vertical stripes.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 1-17846, described as Made of flicker feathers.

Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 1-230672, described as Basketry with twined center with 3 dark brown stacked geometrical designs; remainder of plaque in wicker weave.

Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 1-230671, described as Twined basketry; large circular straw-colored design with zigzag edges and red-brown curved design ending in triangles near center of plaque.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-230661, described as Twined. Large globular basket with 6 vertical designs which are geometric designs with sawtooth edges. Upper and lower part of design are darker than center part. Broken zigzag within each design. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, in the shape of a storage basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft background material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with red dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern overlay designs. From the starting knot there is one 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim, which is trimmed. The main design is six vertical zigzags with triangles on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single sided, on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwest California.

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