Object name: Cooking basket / Object class: Baskets by technique / Collector: Henry Shock - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27682, described as Close twined, decorative band (hole in bottom). Tags "N.W. Calif". Second tag "Klamath R Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably 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 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues until 1.5 inches below the rim, where two weft rows of lattice twining are separated by one row of plain twining. Plain twining continues until the rim, which is trimmed. The main design is located below the lattice twining, it is a repeating pattern of diagonal zigzags. There are several sets of one additional zigzag above the lattice twining. The overlay is primarily on the exterior. The workface 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, the shape is similar to that of Karuk cooking baskets.

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.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27316, described as Close twined, white border in design.

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 1-27679, 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 1-27685, described as Close twined, decorative band.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27590, described as Close twined. Tags: "NW Calif." Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining followed by 2.5 inches of plain twining, followed by three alternating rows of three strand and plain twining. Plain twining continues until 2 inches below the rim, where two weft rows of lattice twining are separated by one row of plain twining. Plain twining continues until the rim, which is trimmed. The main design is located above and below the lattice twining. It is a repeating pattern consisting of a rectangle with triangles on either side. The overlay is primarily on the exterior. The basket undulates, especially towards the rim. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist, and a rightward work direction. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27680, described as Round, concave base. Circular geometric design in straw color on natural ground. Plain twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27671, described as Round, concave base. Circular triangle design in straw color on natural ground. Rim broken in one area. Made of hazel or willow stick warp, conifer root weft. Plain twined, white grass overlay.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27317, described as Close twined, white border in design.