Collector: E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection / Culture or time period: Northwestern California tribes / Function: 1.5 Household - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20808, described as Openwork, twined. Made of hazel twigs. Tag "Eel River". Second tag "Northwest California". Third tag "44". Fourth tag "No. 44 property of Mrs. George H. Taylor, Fresno, Cal." Fifth tag "Klamath River Tribes att." Sixth tag "44". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket. The basket has two pairs of 4 crossed warps at the starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root at the base, and possibly hazel for the rest of the basket. At the base there is plain twining to the edge, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to the rim. The warp sticks are crossed at the top row, as well as a few other areas on the basket. At the rim the basket has two closer spaced rows of wefts. At the rim the warps are bent and then woven into a herringbone pattern, bound down to the interior, and then cut. 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, possibly Wiyot based on the Eel River collection area and the smooth weaving of the basket.

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 1-20842, 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 1-20804, 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 1-20834, described as Basket cap; twined. No warp. Weft is Grape root (Vitus californica). Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum), white pattern is 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 Cooking basket, accession number 1-20803, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine. White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Hopper, accession number 1-20843, described as Twined basket hopper. Paper tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Brass tag "13". Second paper tag "NW Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper, probably used. The warp material is reddish, with some remaining bark, but unknown. The background weft is conifer root (Pinophyta) as well as a few wefts of unknown material at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the base there is 1 inch of plain twining, over 1-2 rods, followed by 4 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining. After that there are two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim consists of braided warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed nearly flush with the rim. The rim has a reinforcing rod on the interior. The design is comprised of two solid bands of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). 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 primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California.