Collection place: Round Valley, Mendocino County, California / Accession number: Acc.221 / Function: 1.5 Household - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-9578, described as Small, new. Plain twined; 3-strand twining 1.5 cm radius from start, 2 rows about 3.5 cm from start, 2 rows about 3.5 cm from start, 2 top rows, one row at 3 and 4 cm from edge. White overlay, 2-faced; top of design band, right angled peaks; middle, 3-strand rows with dotted stripe between; below, top peaks design, inverted. Basket has a hair in it.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-9577, described as Small, new. Plain twined except for one cm radius of 3-strand twining from start, third row from top a lattice-twined shoot. White, 2-faced overlay; white ground with band of triangles, left apex bisecting the right side of the next triangle to the left.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-9576, described as Small twined basket. Per Ralph Shanks and Justin Underhill: 3 tags with cat #, 1 with Wailaki small, globular, close-twined bowl basket, possibly used (debris on the exterior surface of the bottom). Cross-warp start, followed by ⅓ inch of 3 strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. An inch from the start there is 1 inch of alternating single weft row bands of bear grass overlay and undecorated conifer root, followed by the primary overlay area that has a background of bear grass and two decorative overlay bands of fern stems (possibly maidenhair fern) the overlay is placed over top of wefts of conifer root and warps of hazel. The rim was closely trimmed however a lot of the last weft row is missing, exposing warp sticks. The overlay is irregular double-sided overlay. Mild indentation at bottom of basket, work direction is rightward, mild undulations to the surface of the basket, overlayed portion of the basket is quite stiff. Starting knot is over-stitched in a manner different from that typically found in NW California. The alternating bands of bear grass and conifer are also not typical. no maker's hairs were found. Small, twined. In good condition. Mainly overlay, 2-faced. White background with reddish-purple designs; white stripe just below rim. Upper design: dark and light triangles form a band of larger triangles. Lower design: a two-step design of 2 equidistant dark lines is repeated horizontally. On the bottom are alternating rows of white and brown, to within 3 cm of the start of basket. 3-strand twining 2 cm radius out from start.