Object class: Cooking baskets / Donor: University of California Archaeological Survey / Materials: Common beargrass - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Cooking baskets Donor University of California Archaeological Survey Materials Common beargrass

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2550, described as Bowl. Tag "Tcunus Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket cooking bowl, not used. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwest California style. Warps are a peeled shoot and wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed, with many of the warp sticks extending up to 1/16 of an inch above the rim. The design is three horizontal bands, with beargrass outlining diamonds followed by a beargrass zigzag, followed by another band of diamonds. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is on the exterior and interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2545, described as Bowl. Tag: "Lassik" on the back "tcunus", second tag "Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket cooking pot, used, with residue present. Crossed warp starting knot, somewhat dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots.. Peeled shoot, possibly hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), warps and conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts with an overlay of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by 1-2 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by three weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 3 1/2 inches, followed by one weft row three strand twining at the rim. The rim is trimmed. The overlay design is six horizontal bands of beargrass, with a top row of zigzags and a middle row of downward pointing triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is primarily on the exterior face with some design evident on the interior. The basket slightly undulates. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2547, described as Bowl. Tag: "Tcunus" other side "Lassik". Second tag: "Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket cooking pot, used, with residue present. Crossed warp starting knot, dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. Peeled shoot warps and conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts with an overlay of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 inch, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed, with the warp sticks extending up to 1/8th inch above the last weft row. The overlay design is two horizontal bands of diamonds followed by one band of downward pointing triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on the exterior and interior faces. The basket undulates slightly. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2543, described as Large mush boiler basket. Tag "kitsa Lassik" second tag "Lassik". Third tag "G177". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket cooking bowl, used. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style, and has several plain twined wefts woven over the warps, see 1-97844 as another example. Warps are a peeled shoot and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) design overlay. The lattice twined rod is covered with a peeled shoot material. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 2 1/2 inches, followed by plain twining for 1 inch, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 5 3/4 inches, followed by a weft row of three strand twining, followed by 5 1/2 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining over a large rod, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed, with many of the warp sticks extending up to 1/6th of an inch above the rim. The design is six horizontal bands, one plain band followed by three zigzag bands, followed by one band of triangles, followed by a plain band. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is on the exterior and irregularly in the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket undulates.