Object name: Basket and lid / Object class: Twined weaving / Accession number: Acc.811 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-61756a,b, described as Twined. With lid. Tag "80". Second tag "Klamath R. tribes att." on both A and B. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular storage-shaped basket with constricted mouth A) with a lid B), probably made for sale. The following description is for A): slightly indented crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background and maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is 1 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to .5 inch below the rim where there is four weft rows of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The lid B) has the same materials and techniques, with the exception of the twining which is from the starting knot: plain twining up to a .5 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The main design includes on A) three horizontal lines with triangles above and rectangles below. The lid B) has concentric bands of checkered beargrass and maidenhair fern. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.