Collection place: California / Year collected: [Missing] / Loans: S1967-1968 #7: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (July 24, 1967–April 19, 1972) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place California Year collected [Missing] Loans S1967-1968 #7: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (July 24, 1967–April 19, 1972)

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 1-71565, described as Coiled, tray.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71303, described as Coiled, bowl shaped.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-408, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pendants of shell beads, glass beads and abalone.

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.

Hearst Museum object titled Pump drill, accession number 1-13989, described as Pump-drill, used in perforating shell-money.