Object class: Cooking baskets / Collector: Henry Shock / Culture or time period: California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Cooking baskets Collector Henry Shock Culture or time period California tribes

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27670, described as Close twine, decorated band.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27676, described as Close twine, decorative band.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27673, described as Close twine, decorative band.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27679, described as Round, concave base. Geometric design in straw color on natural ground. Rim broken in one area. Plain twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27318, described as Close twined, white border in design.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27685, described as Close twined, decorative band.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27672, described as Close twine, decorative band.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27669, described as Close twine, decorated band. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel possibly willow. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is 1 inch of three strand twining followed by 1 inch of plain twining followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, follwed by 3/4 inch of plain twining followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues until the rim. The main design is a horizontal band of geometic figures. The rim is trimmed. The overlay is on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist, and a rightward work direction. The basket is from Northwestern California, this shape is common among the Karuk.