Object class: Cooking baskets / Culture or time period: Northern California tribes / Accession number: Acc.294 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12190, described as Cylindrical cooking basket with hoop at border. Almost completely overlaid in 2-faced overlay. White ground has reddish-purple designs; a horizontal stripe near the top; below are 3 parallel bands of rhomboid shapes, each bisected by a plain brown row. 3-strand twining 3 cm radius from start; overlay begins 4 cm from start. Top three rows are not overlaid; peeled shoots sewn on to form rim. "Bele tcecto" per catalog card. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp start, slightly indented, with the warp sticks in a non-Northwest California style. Peeled shoot warps, with conifer root wefts and a beargrass and maidenhair fern overlay. The rim is wrapped, with reinforcing rods. The basket undulates. The overlay is two sided, with the exterior workface as the primary side. The basket has a rightward work direction with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The location of manufacture is "north of Blocksburg" which is not Wailaki territory, this area is in the Lassik or possibly Nongatl area. This suggests that the basket is possibly Lassik or Nongatl.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12114, described as Very small cylindrical cooking basket. Dirty, but not very worn. White stripes, horizontal. 3 strand twining, 2.5 - 3 cm radius from start. Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Basket bowl, possibly for storage, with some debris at the bottom of the basket. Probably crossed warp start. The warp material is a peeled shoot; the wefts are conifer root with an overlay design in beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for about 1 1/4 inches, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed with some slight protrusions from the warp sticks. The basket somewhat undulates. The work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. There are six plain horizontal bands of beargrass overlay design. The overlay is double sided.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12099, described as Cylindrical twined cooking basket. Very grimy from use. Overlay design, 2-faced. Lower portion: rectangles "hanging" by line extending from upper right hand corner with smaller rectangle and triangle extending diagonally below from lower left corner. Upper portion: small "hanging" rectangles with a line extended at right angles from lower left hand corner to a dotted line below. 3-strand twining. Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 33: cnecs". Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mush/serving basket, used. Crossed warp start, not a traditional wrapped Northwest California style starting knot, with some warps exposed from under the wrapping material. The warp material is a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root with an overlay design in beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is one inch of three strand twining, followed by an 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two rows of three strand, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by two rows of three strand twining, followed by 3 1/2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim, which has one row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed with about half of the warp sticks protruding above the rim. The basket somewhat undulates. The work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is irregularly double-sided, with the main design on the exterior.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12100, described as Very old twined cooking basket; caked with grime from use; thick weft. 3-strand twining 2.5 cm radius from start, 1 or 2 rows occur frequently. Peeled shoots sewn onto rim to form hoop. Per catalog card "cnecs". Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp start. Peeled shoot warps, with conifer root wefts. There is plain twining for 1 inch at the start followed by a row or two of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim, where there are three weft rows of three strand twining. The rim is wrapped, with three rods attached with a light material, possibly willow. The basket undulates. The basket has a rightward work direction with an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12095, described as Cylindrical plain twined cooking basket. Looks quite used, very grimy; 2 gaps in rim. 2- faced white overlay; a one step up, one step down design of 7 equidistant stripes. 3-strand twining 2.5 cm radius from start, 1 row 8 cm from start. "Cnecs" per catalog card. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp start, with the warp sticks in a non-Northwest California style. Peeled shoot warps, with conifer root wefts and a beargrass overlay. There is three strand twining for 1.5 inches at the start followed by plain twining for 2 1/4 inches, followed by a single weft row three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed, flush, with no warp sticks extending beyond the rim. The basket undulates. The design is a one step up, one step down design of 7 equidistant stripes, with a final horizontal row of checkered overlay. The overlay is two sided, with the exterior workface as the primary side. The basket has a rightward work direction with an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12109, described as Very old cooking basket with hoop at border. Twined; 2 ragged spots where hoop is broken off rim; quite worn from use. 3-strand twining at start, 5 cm radius; also 1 row 12 cm from rim and just below rim. Very grubby. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used with food residue. Crossed warp start, indented, with the warp sticks in a non-Northwest California style. Peeled shoot warps, with conifer root wefts. The rim is wrapped, with peeled/unpeeled shoots attaching several rods. The basket undulates. The basket has a rightward work direction with an up to the right slant of weft twist. There are at least two native repairs on the base. Barrett spoke with the Yuki couple who he purchased this basket from, Dutchman and his wife, who claimed this basket was made by an old Yuki man. The basket has Wailaki characteristics as Barrett seems to have asserted, as there are no known twined Yuki cooking pots, Yuki only coiled their cooking baskets as far as it is known.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12111, described as Old cylindrical cooking basket with hoop at border. Rim a little flared, 1-faced overlay, white, 3 bands of parallel diagonal lines. Flat bottom, first 3 cm radius from start in 3-strand twining, the next 3 cm radius each row alternates, 1 plain twining, then one 3-strand twining. Top row plain twining, second row 3-strand twining, third row peeled shoots held on by lattice twining. Worn and grimy from use. Two tags "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp start, with the warp sticks in a non-Northwest California style. Peeled shoot warps, with conifer root wefts and a beargrass overlay. There are a few weft rows that are redder in color. The rim is trimmed, flush, with no warp sticks extending beyond the rim. The basket slightly undulates. The overlay is one-sided, on the exterior workface. The basket has a rightward work direction with an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12098, described as Cylindrical twined cooking basket with hoop at border. White two-faced overlay, 3 horizontal stripes, top band of horizontal triangles. 3-strand twining 3.5 cm radius from start; also 2 top rows. The third and fourth rows from rim are lattice-twined. Dirty from usage, one "bite" out of rim. "Cnecs". per catalog card. Tag: "1-12098a", two tags have "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking pot, used. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, slightly oval, with the warps at a non-perpendicular angle. The weft is confer root with an overlay of beargrass, and peeled shoot warps. The basket has a rightward work direction with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket mildly undulates. The fact the basket is twined and has lattice twining at the rim reinforces the claim that this is a Wailaki cooking pot, as Yuki made coiled cooking baskets.