Collection place: Northern California / Culture or time period: California tribes / Loans: S1965-1966 #70: Merritt College/Steve Walter (March 8, 1966–March 17, 1966) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place Northern California Culture or time period California tribes Loans S1965-1966 #70: Merritt College/Steve Walter (March 8, 1966–March 17, 1966)

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-22595, described as Small, single rod. Coiled, with black hourglass design.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-22581, described as Twined, openwork. Design of brown encircling bands.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70749, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Tag "Pomo". Interior tag " "17NTT" Pomo". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket globular bowl. The basket has a starting knot with a weft foundation. The rest of the basket has a three rod foundation, probably willow. The weft materials are sedge root as the background, with the designs in black bulrush root. Two triangles are on the base. On the sides are various sized triangles with quail top not like extensions. The rim has alternating sedge root and bulrush. The workface is on the exterior, with very few split stitches on the back face. The weft fag ends and the moving ends are concealed. The work direction is to the left. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. This basket is attributed to the Pomo due to the materials, work direction, starting knot, and shape.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67850, described as Twined, bowl shape.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-14981, described as Large bowl-shaped plain twined basket, four red bands of different geometrical designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Flat basket, accession number 1-448, described as Basket; plain-twined. Warp is possibly Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis) bark.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-2363, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp is unpeeled Willow (Salix), weft is peeled Willow.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-64282, described as Storage basket. Diagonal-twined, patterns woven in spiral lattice bound weave. Globular basket with brown design. Willow shoot warp, weft of sedge root and redbud shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Toy cradle, accession number 1-480, described as Toy cradle; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is string. Scoop shaped toy baby basket with bundle of fibers tied inside. Made of spaced horizontal elements tied with strings at intervals.