Collection place: Murphys, Calaveras County, California / Taxon: Salix / Accession number: Acc.222 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10149, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Deep and slightly flaring, executed in 3-rod coiling technique. Decoration consists of a band of solid arrowheads of deep red pointing alternately up and downwards, placed near the rim and encircling the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-10140, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Deep and triangular in shape; described as "old" by Barrett in 1906. In form of tray. Twined, with a reinforcing hoop at the rim and an attached cloth strap. No decoration.

Hearst Museum object titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 1-10153, described as Boat basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix) and Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Large and in the shape of an elliptical canoe. Decoration consists of 5 groups of black and red horizontal lines; each group contains eleven parallel lines (or stitches). The basket is executed in single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10146, described as Carrying basket; diagonal twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple bark (Acer macrophyllum).

Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10148, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Willow (Salix). The basket, which is diagonal twined, has a broken red cloth strap attached to it and a reinforcing willow hoop at the rim. There is no decoration. The point of the basket is worn through.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10144, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: disconnected horizontal red lines. Basket was described as being "very old" when it was collected in 1906.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10147, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches; wide-mouthed with flaring sides. Large and deep. Decoration: disconnected horizontal black lines.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9952, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is possibly Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pattern is mud-dyed Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Decoration: slightly oblique, irregular black bands. Design material is bracken fern root. Basket is very worn. It has been extensively repaired at base, but there are many breaks both near the base and at the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10145, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Turned weft. Open, diagonally twined, with cloth wrapped around the handle, reinforced rim. Made of unpeeled and peeled shoots, whole and split. Decoration: foundation in dark red, unpeeled material, weft in partially peeled material, provides light/dark contrast.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-10152, described as Storage basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Large, coarse, and shallow, of single-rod coiling technique with interlocking stitching. Two black horizontal lines encircling the basket constitute the decoration. Materials include willow.