Collector: unknown / Loans: S1967-1968 #137: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1968–May 28, 1968) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collector unknown Loans S1967-1968 #137: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1968–May 28, 1968)

Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18601, described as Coiled. Central coil, red, then black coil, then black-green checked coil, then black. 4-armed star. 2 opposite rims green, other 2 plain. Plain arms have pendant triangles blocked with yellow and red hachuring, rim coil above this is black-white checks. Coiled loop handle.

Hearst Museum object titled Scoop basket, accession number 1-14270, described as Scoop basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule.

Hearst Museum object titled Scoop basket, accession number 1-14271, described as Scoop basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. Zigzag twining.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-26841, described as Twined seed beater. No pattern.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-72021, described as Openwork twining. Tag "Klamath River R. Tribes Att." Second tribe, from Llewellyn Loud, says "Hupa type". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, unused. Two sets of four warps are crossed at the starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The background wefts are conifer root, some of which is red-dyed, with beargrass and maidenhair fern overlay. At the base there is plain twining for 1 inch, then three strand twining for an inch and a half, followed by one inch of diagonal twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to the rim. There are four sets of closer twined rows. The lowest row is plain. The second row is half beargrass and half conifer root. The third set has a beargrass background with a black maidenhair stepped horizontal line; the last set has red-dyed conifer root and beargrass. The rim is covered with an 1900-1944 material. The rim is reinforced. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California, it may be Hupa or other tribes from the Northwest area.

Hearst Museum object titled Trap, accession number 2-6387a-c, described as (a) Fish trap model with (b) fence and (c) pendant fish. (a) Spruce, oblong slat and hoop construction. (b) Fence from trap: wood slats and crosspieces attached to long piece of wood. (c) Pendant fish which has come loose from tie in trap, other fish still attached. Made with spruce root and shoots.