Object name: Bowl basket / Collector: E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection / Culture or time period: Kitanemuk - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20971, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Brown dye is Willow. 3 bands enclosing short 3-step pattern in vertical order, steps in red bordered laterally by black.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-21005, described as Coiled basketry bowl with black band bordered by red and enclosing red diamonds bordered by white. Around the top an interrupted design of 2 single and 1 double black bars. Metal tag "297". Paper tag "Kitanemuk". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled wide mouthed basket bowl. The basket has a deer grass bundle foundation. The background material is willow. The design materials are devils claw or bracken fern for the black and Joshua tree root for the red. The design is a horizontal band of red diamonds outlined with willow with black background, often called a snake skin pattern. At the rim is a repeating cross pattern formed by four rectangles. The basket has a pinhole start. The basket has an exterior workface and is woven in a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a broken coil ending. This basket is from the Kitanemuk or their neighbors based on the materials and design.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20969, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). Step pattern in 7 black bars of four tiers each arranged in spiral order.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20977, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). 3 bands of red broken by zigzag white lines.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-21013, described as Poorly made small flaring coiled basket with red and black encircling decorations. Tag "Kitanemuk". Per Ralph Shanks: Flaired coiled basket bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation. Pinhole starting knot. Background wefts are probably willow and the design wefts are Joshua tree root. The design is indistinct but includes rectangles scattered throughout the basket and a spiral at the bottom. The weft fag ends are clipped. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. Plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Could be from the Kitanemuk or Kawaiisu.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-21014, described as Small coiled basket with decoration of red rectangles arranged in pairs with greatest length vertical. Tag "Kitanemuk". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. Pinhole starting knot. Deergrass bundle foundation. Background wefts are probably willow and the design wefts are Joshua tree root. The design includes downward pointing rectangles at the rim, and a spiral at the base. The weft fag ends are clipped. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. Plain wrapped rim with a slightly tapered coil ending. Could be from the Kitanemuk or Kawaiisu.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20970, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). 2 concentric bands, lower one with red and white diamonds set in a black field, the upper consisting of same design cut in half, only lower half of each diamond appearing.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20967, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Lightning pattern consisting of 4 double bars and one single bar, alternating with butterfly and triangle designs in red and black.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-21012, described as Small flaring coiled basket with 2 encircling zigzag red bands. Tag "Kitanemuk". Per Ralph Shanks: Low open coiled basket bowl. Pinhole starting knot. Grass bundle foundation, probably deergrass. Background wefts are peeled willow and the design wefts are Joshua tree root. The design includes 2 encircling zigzag red bands, rectangles between the zigzags, rim ticks, and open rectangles at the base. Clipped weft fag ends. Interior workface with a rightward work direction. Plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Could be Kitanemuk or could also be Kawaiisu.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20968, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red and black patterns are Yucca. 3 broad radiating vertical bands enclosing red triangles all pointing upward and bordered by feather design in black. Bottom repaired with parchment.