Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Collection place: Mad River, Humboldt County, California / Accession number: Acc.667 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-28563, described as Twined basketry cap. White and black overlay designs; circular stripes and bands of triangles; single-faced overlay. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by plain twining for 1 1/4 inches, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by plain twining for 2 3/4 inches, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The overlay design is in seven horizontal bands with no overlay in-between the bands. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on the exterior face with only a little beargrass on the interior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry tray, accession number 1-28562, described as Tightly twined basketry tray. White, 2-faced overlay designs. Design composed of dotted stripes, triangles, zigzag patterns. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with a beargrass overlay and one cotton string towards the rim. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining to 1 1/2 inches below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The design is two horizontal bands of zigzags followed by a horizontal row of triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on both faces. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28559, described as Openwork burden basket. Bottom repaired. Plain twined, bottom rounded. Several shoots are lashed to inside of rim with buckskin, now reinforced in 2 places with cotton string and a knitted strip of cotton. The stiff leather strap goes around the back of the basket, tied on by thongs. There is also a piece of rope tied to a buckskin loop and a loop tied on rim of gauzy cotton. Three tags: "Nongatl". One tag has Wailaki crossed out. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork burden basket. Crossed warp start, much repaired. Peeled shoots are used warp, weft, and reinforcing rods, possible hazel and other shoots. Parallel warps throughout the basket except at the rim, where there is one row of crossed warps. The rim has braided warps bent to the left and inward. Rightward work direction and up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28558, described as Openwork burden basket. In good condition but fragile; several dark stains. Truncated cone shape; plain twined; about 5 cm from the top, the warps were twisted half way around in pairs; the 4 top rows are closely twined; the warp ends are twined together to create a rim; weft ends were turned upwards to parallel warps a short way. Labels: "Wailaki" crossed out and "Nongatl" Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork plain twined burden basket, used, with stains on the interior. Crossed warp start. Peeled willow shoots are used as warp and weft. There are two cotton-like loops on opposite sides of the basket. There are parallel warps throughout the basket except for 2 inches below the rim, where there is one row of crossed warps. At the starting knot there is plain twining for 2 1/2 inches, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim has braided warps and which are bound down on the interior. The basket has a rightward work direction and up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28560, described as Tightly woven burden basket. White overlay designs, stripes, and band of white geometric figures, "see-saw" designs, and large white vertical zigzags. Twined, truncated cone shape. Rope strap. Hoop lashed to inside of rim with buckskin strip. A short length of rope and 2 strips of cotton attached to rim, one with a bone button on it. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Close-twined truncated conical burden basket, probably not used. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. The basket has a peeled shoot warp with conifer root wefts and beargrass weft design overlay. There is a peeled shoot reinforcing rod at the interior rim that is attached to the upper weft rows, using a leather cord, with an up to the right slanted leather lashing going through the basket every 1/2 inch or so. Starting at the starting knot there is 2 inches of three strand twining, followed by plain twining up to 1/2 inch from the rim, where there is a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim, which is trimmed. Starting at the base there are about 4 inches of vertical lines of beargrass followed by three beargrass horizontal bands, followed by a widely spaced band of triangles topped by a bar and two rectangles, this is followed by vertical zigzags, followed by two horizontal bands, followed by a band of two stacked opposite direction parallelograms forming an arrow. The rim is trimmed. The basket undulates. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is two sided, with the primary design on the exterior and a purposeful minor design on the interior. The lashing technique and the undulation of the body of the basket are probably Southern Humboldt Athabaskan characteristics. The shape of the basket has Northwestern California influence.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-28561, described as Twined. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used, with food residue. The materials are willow warps with a conifer root weft and a beargrass overlay. There is some broken cordage near the rim. There is a crossed warp starting knot. Beginning at the starting knot there is 3/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by 2 3/4 inches of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. This is followed by 1 inch of plain twining followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to 3/4 of an inch from the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main overlay design is a horizontal band of alternating beargrass open squares and closed rectangles. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an exterior workface. The surface undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Parching basket, accession number 1-28565, described as Openwork twined parching basket. Plain twining. One tag with wrong number "2-" instead of 1-. Second tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work twined basket tray, used, with one native repair. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably hazel or willow warps and wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining to the below rim. There are three to five closely spaced weft rows at the rim: two plain twined weft rows, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining. The warps are parallel. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-28566, described as Twined seed beater. Openwork, plain twining, 3 rows at edge are more closely twined. Handle twined around a stick bundle, flaring out at end and more closely twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined seed beater, probably used. Materials are conifer root weft; rods are a peeled shoot, perhaps willow. Plain-twined openwork. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an interior workface. The handle is bound to the scoop through scoop start. The rim is trimmed.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-28564, described as Conical twined sifting basket. White overlay, mostly 2-faced. Dots, horizontal and vertical stripes, plain stripe around top. One break mended with wool yarn. Tags: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Conical twined basket. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with a beargrass overlay and one commercial twine repairs. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 1/8 inch, followed by 4 inches of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining followed by plain twining to the rim, where on the interior there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. There are variations in size of the weft stitches. The design is primarily alternating beargrass and conifer root. The workface is on the exterior. The primary overlay design is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates slightly.