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Start Over Object class Cooking baskets Collector Josephine Hall Bishop
Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-235234, described as Twined. Design is rows of diagonal triangles. Has been used. Note two rows of 3 - strand twining done backwards. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". There are two swastikas in ink on the inside. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, with some maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining followed by alternating weft rows of three strand and plain twining. Plain twining continues until 1 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining on the interior. Plain twining continues until the rim, which is one weft row of three strand twining. There is another weft row of three strand twining on the interior near the base. The main design is a horizontal beargrass band containing stacked triangles with horizontal lines in them. The rim is trimmed, and bound in one area with commercial string. 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-235235, described as Twined. Used. Stepped, triangular designs in tan material including Woodwardia fern on straw - colored ground. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used worn down to the warps on the interior. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is 1/2 inch of three strand twining followed by 2.5 inches of plain twining followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues until 1 inch below the rim where are two weft rows of lattice twining separated by 1/4 inch of plain twining. Plain twining continues until the rim. The main design is a horizontal beargrass band containing geometric 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.

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