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Start Over Object class Bowl baskets Accession number Acc.2029
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164467, described as Coiled, small, bowl-shaped. 3-rod foundation. Triangle designs.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164450, described as Twined bowl-shaped basket with pedestal base; part of openwork rim missing. Tag: "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined tourist trade basket bowl with pedestal. The warps are hazel. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with designs in red dyed Woodwardia and maidenhair fern. Starting at the crossed warp starting knot at the base of the bowl there is ⅓ inch of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, after which plain twining continues to the rim, where there is 0.25 inches of openwork, with straight warps, with a rim finish of one row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The pedestal has a rim that is wrapped in beargrass. The design includes diagonal slashes of red dyed Woodwardia. The basket as an up to the right slant of weft twist, an exterior workface, and a rightward work direction. The main overlay is on the exterior but the interior has overlay as well. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164449, described as Twined bowl-shaped basket with flaring base. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, in the shape of an hourglass/goblet made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot, overlaid with beargrass. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft background material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with red dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern overlay designs. The main cup, starting at the neck, has three strand twining for a .5 inch. Plain twining continues until the rim, where there is .25 inch of openwork. The rim is wrapped with conifer root. The main design is a band of horizontal red woodwardia steps, outlined in maidenhair fern. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is primarily single sided on the exterior, with some design on the interior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The base is similar, but the warps are crossed once right below its rim. The basket is from Northwest California.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164465, described as Coiled; bowl shaped. Decoration: black triangular motifs; executed in bracken fern root. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitching.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164489, described as Small, twined bowl-shaped basket. Rectangular design. Label "NE California Attributed". Per Ralph Shanks: Most likely Wintu. Hazel warps, conifer root wefts, overlay in beargrass, red design is probably red dyed woodwardia, and black design is maidenhair fern.
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 Bowl basket, accession number 1-164488, described as Twined bowl-shaped. Diagonal rows of triangles, rectangles.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164460, described as Twined serving basket. Tag "Northwest Calif. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft design overlay is beargrass. There are two weft stitches of maidenhair overlay below the design; it may be an owner's mark. At the starting knot there is a .5 inch of three strand twining. After that 1 inch of plain twining followed by one weft row of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues until the rim. On the side is a horizontal band of alternating Y shaped triangular designs above and below a primary line. 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 Northwest California.

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