Object name: Mortar basket / Object class: Twined weaving / Accession number: Acc.399 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-16551, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Willow hoops. Unfinished mortar basket. Dirty. White 2-faced overlay, solid and dotted horizontal stripes. Lower half 3-strand twining; upper half plain twining, except second and third rows which are 3-strand. Two shoots have been lattice-twined on at 4.5 - 5.5 cm and 9.5 - 10.5 cm from start. One scaffold is inside. Woven to 17 cm height.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-16550, described as Mortar basket. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Similar (to 1-16549?); "mortar basket" added to card in pen. Braided work at edge. Grimy and worn from use. 2-faced overlay, red (redbud) and white. Zigzag designs in horizontal band; stripes above. 3-strand twining below band; the rest is plain twined. 2 hoops are lattice-twined to the outside at 6.5 - 7 cm above the bottom. The warp ends have been twined together to form rim.