Object class: Containers for personal use / Collection place: Northwestern California / Collector: Charles Shock - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-27700, described as Twined, top broken, skin loops for strap, openwork band. Per Ralph Shanks: Open twined burden basket with three leather straps. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material is probably willow. At the starting knot there is closely spaced plain twining until the edge of the bottom of the basket. After that open spaced plain twining continues to the end of the rim, which is braded with the warp sticks bound down on the interior of the basket. There are three rows of crossed warps below the rim. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-27701, described as Openwork, twined, cloth loops for strap, openwork band. Hazel shoot material and cloth, plain-twined.