Year collected: [Missing] / Culture or time period: Klamath River Tribes / Accession number: Acc.2029 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164455, described as Twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164448, described as Unfinished portion of a twined basket with a flaring base. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, in the shape of a candlestick holder. Crossed warp starting knot, very indented. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft design overlay is maidenhair fern with a background of beargrass. Starting after the starting knot heading towards the base there is 5/8 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining, followed by 1/8th inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by a conifer wrapped rod. Starting at the starting knot and heading up the neck there is .5 inch of three strand twining followed by plain twining with the last two rows in three strand twining. The (upper) rim is trimmed. The main design is three parallelograms on the base and diagonal lines of maidenhair fern on the upper portion. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a single-sided overlay with the design on the exterior. The weft overlay has not been trimmed on the upper interior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 1-164452, described as Cruet-shaped glass bottle covered with twined basketry. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass bottle with damaged glass stopper. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft material is conifer root and perhaps another darker material at the neck. The weft design overlay is maidenhair fern, red-dyed woodwardia and a beargrass background. Starting after the starting knot there are two weft rows of plain twining, followed by .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by 2.5 inches of plain twining, followed by .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining all the way up to the neck where there is plain twining over two warps for the last 2.25 inches. The main design is a horizontal band of six alternating orientation triangles rimmed with flag-like protrusions. The rim is trimmed. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164456, described as Plain-twined, hazel (?) shoot warps, pine root weft, beargrass leaf overlay. Lattice twining rows for reinforcement.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-164438, described as Basketry, twined, triangle design; leather and one blue glass bead affixed to rim at 4 places. Tag: "Klamath River tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat with four blue glass beads sewn on embroidered leather. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining 1/2 inch below the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main design is triangles above and below a double line. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-164484, described as Twined basketry. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork baby basket. The warp material is probably willow, possibly hazel. The wefts are of uncertain material. At the foot there is plain twining, spaced closer than the rest of the basket. The rim is covered, reinforced with rods. Starting at the foot there are sets of three paired weft rows all the way to the handle. The basket has alternating slants of weft twists, often switching by weft row. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle basket model, accession number 1-164486, described as Small model of twined basketry.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle basket model, accession number 1-164485, described as Model of twined basketry. Broken loop.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle basket model, accession number 1-164487, described as Small model of twined basketry.

Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 1-164451, described as Twined and openwork basketry letter pouch. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork wall-pocket/ basket pouch, made for sale. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The basket has conifer root wefts. The basket has a weft overlay of beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. The base has plain twining of up to the right and down to the right slants of weft twists. Going up the sides of the basket there is a .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by crossed warp openwork, followed by plain twining, followed by crossed warp openwork, followed by plain twining, followed by parallel warp openwork ending in an undulating rim at the front of the pouch, continuing up on the rear of the pouch where there are two inches of crossed warp openwork followed by plain twining followed by crossed warp openwork, followed by plain twining, followed by parallel warp openwork terminating in an undulating rim. The rim is wrapped with beargrass and red-dyed woodwardia around two weft rows of plain twining and reinforcing material. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist, except at the base where it alternates as previously mentioned. The overlay is primarily single-sided, with a simpler design on the interior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California. There is a hair woven into the basket.