Object class: Coiled weaving / Taxon: Cercis occidentalis / Accession number: Acc.101 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-4117, described as Coiled, basin shaped, two horizontal zigzags in dark red on sides. 6-pointed star-like pattern on base. Slight food soiling on interior. "Cut in rim made by Isabel Kelly to del." Foundation bundle of split shoots, sewing strands of split peeled shoots with designs in redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled shallow basket with flaring sides, with residue. The start is twined. The warps are rods and splints. The wefts are peeled redbud as a background and unpeeled redbud designs. At the base the background wefts are sedge (Carex). There are random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt coil ending, with four overstiches, with the warps clipped. The weft fag ends are clipped or bound under and the weft moving ends are concealed. On the exterior the wefts are less than 5% split and the interior wefts are less than 50% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the use of sedge this is probably not Yuki made, it may be Wailaki.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-4096, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark. Truncate-cone coiled. Red border and triple zigzag design.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-4098, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is grass, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With incurving top. This is a treasure basket. Decoration: vertical diamond and zigzag patterns outlined in black. Made of maple and Pteridium; 3-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-4128, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-4129, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Zigzag band and geometrical patterns in red.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-4130, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud. Flat bottomed. Zigzag and diamond pattern bands in red.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-4114, described as Old truncate-cone, coiled. Joined triangle patterns in red. Tag "No Loc". Tag on interior "113.g". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket. The foundation is single rod. The start is twined. The background wefts are sedge root (Carex) and the design wefts are redbud Cercis occidentalis). The design is two circles at the base and three rows of triangles on the sides. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped and concealed. The rim is plain wrapped, in poor condition, with a slightly tapered coil ending. The basket is from the Pomo or one of their neighbors.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-4124, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Unknown warp, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis) and Cladium. Red pattern is boiled Redbud bark. With nearly vertical sides. Decoration: diagonal zigzag bands in black. 3-rod coiling with stitching split on interior face.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-4094, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix) weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark. Coiling on 3-rod foundation.