Culture or time period: Northern California tribes / Loans: S1967-1968 #7: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (July 24, 1967–April 19, 1972) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-211517, described as Openwork dish-shaped basket. Tag "NW Calif". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material is hazel or willow. At the start there is some reddish plant material. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced approximately .5 inch apart. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-211609, described as Twined tobacco basket with lid and leather cord. Tag "NW Cal att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket in a shape derived from the shape of a man's tobacco storage basket. Globular basket A) with constricted mouth and B) lid. The lid is fastened to the basket by leather straps tied over it and one strap tied through it near the starting knot. The following description is for A): Indented, crossed warp, starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there 1 weft row of plain twining, followed by 3 inches of three strand twining, plain twining continues to 1 inch below the rim, where there is three strand twining all the way from there to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The lid, B), has the same materials and weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is: from the starting knot two weft rows of plain twining, followed by 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The main design on A) is three diagonal parallelograms outlined in triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Hopper, accession number 1-20843, described as Twined basket hopper. Paper tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Brass tag "13". Second paper tag "NW Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper, probably used. The warp material is reddish, with some remaining bark, but unknown. The background weft is conifer root (Pinophyta) as well as a few wefts of unknown material at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the base there is 1 inch of plain twining, over 1-2 rods, followed by 4 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining. After that there are two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim consists of braided warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed nearly flush with the rim. The rim has a reinforcing rod on the interior. The design is comprised of two solid bands of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California.