Object name: Bowl basket / Culture or time period: Yuki / Accession number: Acc.3414 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-242530, described as Coiled bowl-shaped basket with 3 large zigzag designs in reddish brown. Tag: "Yuki att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl, not used. The basket start is twined. The coil foundation is three rods of peeled shoots. The background wefts are peeled redbud and the designs are in unpeeled redbud. The main design has three vertical elements of paired zigzags. There is a band of unpeeled redbud at the start. There are a few random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped. The rim coil ending is blunt with two diagonal backstiches. There is some unpeeled redbud on rim. The weft fag ends are clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed, with some bound under. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft interior stitches are 35-40% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the material and techniques this could be a Yuki or Wailaki basket.