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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12076, described as Burden basket, "upper half made by Wailaki; lower half made by her, therefore Yuki." Worn and grimy from use; hole in bottom patched with stiff leather, now cracked. Plain twined, conical shape; white 2-faced overlay; 4 different horizontal stripes on upper area. Hoop rim firmly sewn to top of basket. Strap consists of buckskin braided with 2 strands of twisted cotton gauze. 3-strand twining occurs at bottom, and single rows about 14, 22, 30, and 30.5 cm from top. 5 tags attached to rim, 3 say Wailaki catalogue card says basket is Yuki and Wailaki Per Ralph Shanks: This basket is very significant in that the upper portion is apparently a Yuki burden basket. Yuki burden baskets are extremely rare and often not well documented so that this basket is important for the study of Yuki basketry. Because Yuki burden baskets are even rarer than Wailaki burden baskets, it is recommended that this basket be placed in the Yuki section of baskets. Burden basket, heavily used. Weft is conifer root and warps are peeled shoots. Starting knot is missing as the bottom of basket has a hole which is capped with leather. 3 strand twining is visible at the edge of the leather, it is unknown if it extended to the starting knot. 3 strand twining is followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining followed by 1 row of 3 strand twining, followed by one row of plain twining, followed by one row of 3 strand twining, followed by 3 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of 3 strand, followed by 4 inches of plain twining, followed by 1 row of 3 strand twining, followed by 4 inches of plain twining, followed by 1/16 inch of exposed warp sticks, followed by a wrapped rim. The rim contains a reiforcing rod and splint-like weft units. The splint-like weft units are wrapped around the exposed warps in certain places below the rim wrapping. The Wailaki work direction is rightward and up and to the right slant of weft twist. The Yuki portion also has a rightward work direction with a rightward slant of weft twist. Approximately 9.5 inches from the start there is a clear transition from the Wailaki weaver's hand to the Yuki weaver's. The Yuki stitches are not as wide as the Wailaki stitches. The entire basket is undulating with the Yuki portion of the basket having more undulation than the Wailaki. The Wailaki section is undecorated, in the Yuki portion there is bear grass overlay. In the middle of the basket, at the start of the Yuki section is a checkerboard pattern over 3 weft rows of conifer root. The next row up is vertical bands of beargrqass 5 weft rows high alternating with undecorated weft rows to make vertical stripes. The next band is a checkerboard pattern for 3 weft rows. The uppermost row is the striped pattern again for 3 weft rows. Beargrass design is heavily worn especially where it was worn against the body. The strap is 2 pieces of rope or gauze braided with leather. It is attached to the rim and the reinforcing rod.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12110, described as Old. Stick lashed to inside of rim with buckskin, strap put through a hole in basket. Worn and dirty; large rip, partially sewn together. Pointed bottom has worn out, patched with stiff piece of leather. Part of a lattice-twined shoot remains inside, near bottom. Basket covered with designs, in white 2-faced overlay: stripe just below rim, then a narrow zigzag stripe; the rest is an all-over stepped design of equidistant lines. The bottom 5 cm are 3-strand twining, not overlaid. Conical shape. Native name "tot". Two tags "Wailaki". Fragmented tag "11". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden or gathering basket, used. The basket is flattened on one side, flaring less than the usual Wailaki burden basket. The basket has a leather strap. There is a twined peeled shoot and cotton string patch on the side of the basket. The basket start is missing, and has been replaced with a lashed on leather patch. The warps are a peeled shoot and the wefts are conifer root with a beargrass design overlay. There are 1.25 inches of wide three strand twining at the base followed by a single weft row of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, plain twining continues to the rim. The rim is trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod held on at the rim by leather lashing, in Southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. The design is in amplified contours, common in the Southern Humboldt Athabaskan area and north of there to Washington. The overlay is irregular, with the primary overlay on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket undulates. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12096, described as Burden basket; somewhat worn and very grimy from use. Conical shape; twined. 2-face overlay designs in white: thin dotted stripe below rim; band of connected right triangles below; dominant design, 3 zigzag bands of something similar to "foot design" of Northwest California; below this, a sort of stripe. A hoop is lashed inside top edge to form rim with buckskin. Carrying strap is part buckskin and part cotton cloth. Bottom of basket was begun with rawhide weft. 3-strand twining and plain twining. Tag: "1083". Three other tags "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden basket, used. Crossed warp start, in a perpendicular style. Warps are a peeled shoot and wefts are conifer root with a beargrass design overlay. There are 1.5 inches of wide three strand twining at the base followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by two rows of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one row of twining over multiple warps in a unique non-linear style, plain twining continues to the rim, where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod held on at the rim by leather lashing, in Southern Humboldt Athabaskan style, as well as coiled peeled and unpeeled shoots. The overlay is irregular, with the primary overlay on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12117, described as Very old burden basket. Quite dirty and worn from use. Two holes stitched up, other cracks. The hoop has been crudely resewn to rim. The bottom 5 cm at the tip have been replaced by rough coiling (the rest of the basket is twined). For 3.5 cm above coiled tip is 3-strand twining. Buckskin strap attached. Basket is conical in shape. Tag: "Wailaki" Per Ralph Shanks: Twined and coiled burden basket, used. Coiled oval start. The basket has a splint coil foundation. On the twined part of the basket the warp material is a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root. Starting at the starting knot there is coiling for 2 1/4 inches followed by 1 inch of three strand twining that has some plain twining in the last row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is folded over into the interior of the basket around a reinforcing rod in some areas. The basket somewhat undulates and has a flat surface, probably where it was worn on the back. The twined work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. The coiling is a rightward direction. The coiled weft twist is down and to the right and the weft fag ends are tucked.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12028, described as Very small burden basket, roughly made but said to be of old Yuki Type. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "1203". Per Ralph Shanks: Close twined conical gathering basket. Has food residue and use wear. The start is concealed under a leather cap at the base of the basket. The warp foundation is a peeled shoot. The weft materials appear to be conifer root with a design of unpeeled redbud in overlay. The rim has unpeeled redbud and leather lashing holding a reinforcing rod to the interior of the rim. A leather strap is secured on the side with a cloth knot on the interior. The basket is plain twined. The decoration is a single band of unpeeled redbud done in single sided overlay on the exterior of the basket. The rim is clipped. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-12060, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). White pattern is redbud wood (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is redbud bark. willow hoop bound with Rudbud. Yuki mending on bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12044, described as Large old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad coiled bowl, in the shape of cooking basket. There is food debris and some burns on the interior. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation includes peeled shoot rod and splints. The weft designs are in unpeeled redbud and the design background is in peeled redbud. The design includes three paired stepped up and down diagonal lines, two of which intersect three times. There are random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped. The primary design continues to the rim. The rim coil ending is missing. The rim has a larger diameter coil than the rest of the basket. The weft fag ends are concealed with some clipped; the weft moving ends are concealed. Less than 50% of the wefts are split on the interior, less than 10% are split on the exterior. The wefts are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface. It has a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

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 1-11893, described as Hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled possible cooking basket. The basket has food debris. The basket start is twined. The warps are rods. The basket has peeled redbud background wefts and unpeeled redbud design wefts. The design is horizontal bands of unpeeled redbud as well as many random unpeeled redbud rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped; the rim coil ending is tapered with seven back stiches. The basket has an exterior workface. There are many split stitches on the backface. The weft fag ends are bound under or concealed and the moving ends are concealed. The basket has a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

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