Object class: Culinary equipment for preparing and cooking food / Collector: Philip Mills Jones / Culture or time period: North American native cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Culinary equipment for preparing and cooking food Collector Philip Mills Jones Culture or time period North American native cultures

Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-953, described as stone for breaking acorn shells.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and mortar, accession number 1-1408, described as Basket asphalted on stone mortar.

Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-809, described as Acorn meal

Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-807, described as Acorn meal

Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-4451, described as Acorn meal brush

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-732, described as Mortar basket; worn around the bottom edge from pestle action, dirty from use. Warps curve up towards the right. A heavy loop is sewn securely on to form the rim inside. 3- strand twining occurs in a strip 2.5 cm below outside hoop and 2 rows just above it. Area from lowest 3-strand twining to bottom is twilled twining. Tags: Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket with flaring sides, oblong, and low sided, used. The start is missing. The diameter of the hole is 5 inches. The warps are peeled shoots. The wefts are conifer root and the rim wrapping is a peeled shoot. The basket starts with an inch of diagonal twining, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining over one rod, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by a row of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by open work warps, followed by three rows of plain twining. The rim is wrapped with a reinforcing rod. There is no overlay design. The basket does not undulate. There is an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. This basket does not resemble any known Wailaki mortar hoppers and is probably a Yuki made basket traded to the Wailaki.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-4092, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis).

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-1200, described as Mortar basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-462, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Four complex horizontal bands in red.