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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-28168, described as Openwork basket tray.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-28167, described as Openwork basket tray.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-28151, described as Twined basket tray. White overlay ground, 1-faced, floated on back; 3 brown zigzag designs radiate from bottom (point) of basket, shows on outside. Mostly plain twined; 3- strand twining from start about 3.5 cm radius; also one row 2 cm from rim. Very flexible. Two tags: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with a beargrass overlay and strings towards the rim. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining up to 1 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The design is three vertical bands of zigzags outlined by triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is primarily on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-28166, described as Twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry tray, accession number 1-28562, described as Tightly twined basketry tray. White, 2-faced overlay designs. Design composed of dotted stripes, triangles, zigzag patterns. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with a beargrass overlay and one cotton string towards the rim. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining to 1 1/2 inches below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The design is two horizontal bands of zigzags followed by a horizontal row of triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on both faces. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28156, described as Openwork basket bowl. Grimy from use. Twill twining; one row of 3-strand twining about 3.5 cm from start; 3 top rows more closely worked. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work basket serving tray, used. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably hazel or willow warps with hazel or willow wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3 inches of plain twining, with two rows of close twined weft rows at the rim. The warps are variably placed, but not crossed. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28165, described as Twined basket bowl. Design of brown triangles. Rim broken.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28157, described as Openwork basket bowl. Grimy from use; one frayed spot on rim. Twill twining; three more closely worked rows at rim. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work basket serving tray, used. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably hazel warps with hazel wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining to the rim. There are three closely spaced weft rows at the rim. The warps are variably placed, but not crossed. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28558, described as Openwork burden basket. In good condition but fragile; several dark stains. Truncated cone shape; plain twined; about 5 cm from the top, the warps were twisted half way around in pairs; the 4 top rows are closely twined; the warp ends are twined together to create a rim; weft ends were turned upwards to parallel warps a short way. Labels: "Wailaki" crossed out and "Nongatl" Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork plain twined burden basket, used, with stains on the interior. Crossed warp start. Peeled willow shoots are used as warp and weft. There are two cotton-like loops on opposite sides of the basket. There are parallel warps throughout the basket except for 2 inches below the rim, where there is one row of crossed warps. At the starting knot there is plain twining for 2 1/2 inches, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim has braided warps and which are bound down on the interior. The basket has a rightward work direction and up to the right slant of weft twist.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28559, described as Openwork burden basket. Bottom repaired. Plain twined, bottom rounded. Several shoots are lashed to inside of rim with buckskin, now reinforced in 2 places with cotton string and a knitted strip of cotton. The stiff leather strap goes around the back of the basket, tied on by thongs. There is also a piece of rope tied to a buckskin loop and a loop tied on rim of gauzy cotton. Three tags: "Nongatl". One tag has Wailaki crossed out. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork burden basket. Crossed warp start, much repaired. Peeled shoots are used warp, weft, and reinforcing rods, possible hazel and other shoots. Parallel warps throughout the basket except at the rim, where there is one row of crossed warps. The rim has braided warps bent to the left and inward. Rightward work direction and up to the right slant of weft twist.

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