Object class: Baskets (containers) / Loans: S1975-1976 #43: California Academy of Sciences (December 16, 1975–March 23, 1978) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-11688, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Large flat openwork basket. Smaller (than 1 - 11687 ?).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71480, described as Basketry hopper. Twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-211610a,b, described as a) Twined basket with b) lid. Tag on both a and b "NW Cal. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: a) Twined storage basket. Crossed warp starting knot. Warp material is probably willow. The weft materials are conifer root, with a beargrass overlay background, and maidenhair fern and red dyed woodwardia overlay designs. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 inch, followed by plain twining for 3 inches, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by four rows of diagonal twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining. The designs include, at the base, several weft row wide checkered circles. On the side of the basket there are three main bands of design, with triangles in beargrass and woodwardia. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single sided, on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. b) The lid has the same materials as the basket. It has a crossed warp starting knot. Starting from the raised knob, there is three strand twining with some diagonal twining until the base of the knob, continuing for a 1/2 inch. Plain twining continues until one inch from the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim, which is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single sided, on the exterior. The lid has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket and lid are from Northwestern California, possibly Karuk, based on the extensive use of red dyed woodwardia.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-1479, described as Seed gathering basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Conical with flat bottom. Flexible plain twined. 3 strand twined bottom. White overlay floated on back. Lower one - third bands of vertical stripes. Major motif: Vertically zigzagging parallelograms.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-164463, described as Large, twined basket. Tag "Northwest Calif. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined storage basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is red-dyed woodwardia and beargrass. Green/brown string is at the rim in several areas, possibly as a repair. At the starting knot there is three strand twining. After that plain twining continues 3 inches where there are three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues after that up to the rim where there is a .25 inch of open warps. The rim has multiple rods reinforcing it wrapped in wild grape. The interior has three bands of reinforcing rods. The design includes several bands of triangles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay is single sided on the exterior with some design coming through to the interior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-1086, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) and peeled Hazel. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Large twined acorn storage basket with brown horizontal bands.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-72020, described as Twined.