Object class: Baskets (containers) / Collector: Edward K. Schaad / Function: 8.3 For Manufacturing - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164445, described as Unfinished twined basket; open bands; cylindrical shape. Two tags: "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, with untrimmed weft stitch ends, made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is one weft row of plain twining, followed by a 0.5 inch of three strand twining, followed by ⅓ inch of plain twining, followed by ⅓ inch of diagonal twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 0.5 inch of plain twining. Going up the sides of the basket there is openwork with parallel warps alternating with plain twining. A half an inch below the rim there is a single weft row of plain twining followed by a 1/8th of an inch of openwork crossed warps. This is followed by 1/4 inch of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is paired trapezoids. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. On the base of the basket the workface is on the interior. On the rest of the basket the workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164448, described as Unfinished portion of a twined basket with a flaring base. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, in the shape of a candlestick holder. Crossed warp starting knot, very indented. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft design overlay is maidenhair fern with a background of beargrass. Starting after the starting knot heading towards the base there is 5/8 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining, followed by 1/8th inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by a conifer wrapped rod. Starting at the starting knot and heading up the neck there is .5 inch of three strand twining followed by plain twining with the last two rows in three strand twining. The (upper) rim is trimmed. The main design is three parallelograms on the base and diagonal lines of maidenhair fern on the upper portion. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a single-sided overlay with the design on the exterior. The weft overlay has not been trimmed on the upper interior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.