Object name: Treasure basket / Collection place: Northwestern California / Accession number: Acc.2311 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164425, described as Twined, sub-globular, small; alternating red and straw-color lines in diagonal twining technique. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and red dyed woodwardia fern. At the starting knot there is 3 strand twining for .5 inch followed by 1.5 inches of diagonal twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. After that diagonal twining continues until the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The design is a band of slanted stripes of alternating beargrass and red dyed woodwardia. 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 only on the outside. The rim has the warp sticks sticking up above the rim, and are trimmed evenly. It is an uncommon basket, as very few baskets in Northwestern California are made of mostly diagonal twining. There is a hair woven into the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164422, described as Twined; globular; black designs on light ground; 4 diamonds each bordered by triangles. Old tag says $2.10. Rim is out of shape. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and maiden hair fern. At the starting knot there is 1 inch of three strand twining. After that plain twining, that has bear grass overlay, for 1 inch followed by 2 rows of three strand twining. After that there is plain twining until the rim where there is 2 weft rows of three strand twining. The design includes a band of alternating diagonal black and tan lines on the base. The primary design is four diamonds with diagonal stripes inside them and surrounded by triangles. At the rim there another row of alternating diagonal black and tan lines. 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 only on the outside. The rim is trimmed, and is unraveling. The basket is from Northwest California, possibly Yurok or Wiyot based on the design.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164427, described as Twined, with coiled rim; globular; black and straw-color design on red ground. Rim is out of shape. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined, slightly globular basket. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is in beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is 3/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1.25 inches of plain twining, followed by 2 weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is 1 weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1/4 inch of crossed warp openwork, followed by a reinforced wrapped rim. The rim is wrapped with beargrass. The main design is comprised of six alternating triangles with smaller triangles on each side. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The basket is from Northwest California.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164417, described as Twined, but with coiled rim. Black designs. Cost $3.50.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164428, described as Twined, with coiled rim; globular; diagonal designs of stacked red lozenges with thin black lines. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular trinket basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, red dyed woodwardia and maiden hair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of diagonal twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/4 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of a few weft rows of plain twining with one reinforcing rod wrapped with beargrass. The main design is four sets of six diagonally stacked parallelograms with three stripes running through them. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164423, described as Twined; globular; black and red triangles in diagonal bands on light ground. Old tag says, "Mrs. Cleveland, Klamath River, $0.50, 8/23/33." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is possibly hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, red dyed woodwardia fern, and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining followed by a 1/2 inch of diagonal twining, and then three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by a 1/2 inch of diagonal twining. Plain twining continues up to the rim. On the base there is a band of diagonal woodwardia on a conifer root background. After that is a band of diagonal lines of maidenhair fern with a woodwardia background. The main design is three diagonal bands of three sets of triangle arranged diagonally. Continuing up the basket there band of woodwardia outlined by maidenhair fern. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is only on the outside. The rim is trimmed. The basket is from Northwest California.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164421, described as Twined, globular; design of diagonally stacked red lozenges with black borders on light ground. Rim is out of shape. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.", second tag "Klamath R. Tribes". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red- dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is three strand twining that extends for .75 inches, changing to diagonal twining for 1 inch, and then two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by .75 inches of diagonal twining with overlay. Plain twining continues up to the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The main design is a repeating design of three stacked parallelograms. It is framed above and below by small bands of alternating woodwardia and beargrass. The basket's base has no overlay. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is on the outside. The rim is trimmed. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164420, described as Twined, globular, red and black designs, stacked triangular units on light ground. Plain twined. Willow (?) shoot warp, pine root and willow or alder root weft with overlay of beargrass leaf, maidenhair fern stem (black) and Woodwardia fern fiber stained red with chewed alder bark. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl, not used. Indented crossed warp starting knot with a single sided overlay on the outside. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with designs in black maiden hair fern stem and red dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is one 1/2 inch of three strand twining, after that 11/2 inch of plain twining, after that two weft rows of three strand twining, switching to plain twining until the rim, were there is two weft rows of three strand twining. The design is an alternating stacked triangle pattern. On the base there is a ring of slanted parallelograms. At the rim there are two rings of black with red hatches pointing down from it. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist with an exterior workface. This basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164424, described as Twined, globular, small with red triangles on light ground. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and red-dyed woodwardia fern. At the starting knot is three strand twining to the edge of the base. Plain twining continues up to the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The design on the sides is triangles with two woodwardia bands at the rim and at the base. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is on the outside. The rim is trimmed. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Karuk.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164429, described as Twined, with coiled rim; globular; band of red and black diamonds on light ground. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed Woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is ⅓ inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of diagonal twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/4 inch of parallel warps open work. The rim is comprised of a reinforcing rod wrapped with beargrass, a dyed black material, and a tan material. The main design is Woodwardia and maidenhair diamonds on a beargrass background. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.