Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Taxon: Corylus cornuta californica / Accession number: Acc.511 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Basketry (object genre) Taxon Corylus cornuta californica Accession number Acc.511

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20842, described as Small, deep basket. Made of hazel twigs. String handle. Tag "NW. Calif." Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket, possibly for berry picking. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). The wefts are also possiby hazel. At the base there is one weft row three strand twining. At the rim there are seven elements of three crossed warps. At the rim the basket has three closer spaced rows of weft. There is a string handle. The rim is tacked down with one weft. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20806, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20802, described as Handled basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Rim is Hazel and grape (Vitus californica) bound. Hoops are Willow (Salix).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20804, described as Basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket cap, accession number 1-20819, described as Basket cap, twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) in mud. White pattern in Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20807, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20844, described as Small, twined basket with black and white design. "NW Cal att". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket probably has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). The background weft is conifer root (Pinophyta). The weft design overlay is beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and a red and black fern. At the starting knot there is a .5 inch of three strand twining. After that .25 inch of plain twining followed by .25 inch of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues until the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The design at the base is two bands of beargrass. On the side is a horizontal band of vertical rods of alternating beargrass and fern. The design is mirrored on the interior of the basket. The basket base has an undulating surface. 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 on the outside and inside. The basket is from Northeast California, based on the use double sided overlay for all of the designs. The basket may be Wintu.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20820, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is mud-dyed Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus).

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20824, described as Twined basketry cap with designs entirely in black maidenhair fern stems. Tag: "NW Calif". Second tag "53". Third tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). The weft material is conifer root (Pinophyta). The weft overlay design has a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) background with maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to 1/2 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is a horizontal band with triangles inside, above, and below the band. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Hupa or Yurok based on the area of collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20823, described as Basket cap; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).