Collection place: Hulls Valley, Mendocino County, California / Collector: Philip Mills Jones / Culture or time period: Yuki - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place Hulls Valley, Mendocino County, California Collector Philip Mills Jones Culture or time period Yuki

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-722, described as Coiled; squat, globular shape. Design in red; first couple of rows at start are red. Tag: "Wailaki". Loose tag "att". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket bowl, with no residue. Twined start. Peeled shoot rod foundation. Redbud wefts both peeled and unpeeled. The overall design is diagonal steps with rectangles and triangles on the tops and bases of the steps. There are random rectangles. The rim is wrapped, with slightly tapered ending; the last inch of wefts is backstitched. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some concealed; the moving ends are primarily concealed with some clipped. There are split and unsplit stitches on the interior. The basket could be either Wailaki or Yuki.

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 1-721, described as Tray basket. Two tags: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Wide flaring coiled bowl, in the shape of a parching or cooking basket. It has staining and residue. The start is twined. The coil foundation is three rods with some splints. The weft material is redbud, both peeled and unpeeled. The design includes four bands of three horizontal lines with one break in each band at the same point. There are also random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped; the rim coil ending is blunt, with about five back stiches. The rim ending lines up with the breaks in the design. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped, with some bound under; the weft moving ends are bound under and some are concealed. About 50% of the wefts are split on the interior, with very few split on the exterior. The wefts are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface. It has a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist. The basket was collected in Hulls valley, which is in Wailaki territory, the features of the basket match both Yuki and Wailaki baskets.

Hearst Museum object titled Serving tray, accession number 1-724, described as Grimy and worn from use. Coiled, with design in red of running steps that cross or intersect. Tag: "Wailaki" crossed out in ink. Two other tags with "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Food serving basket with flaring sides. The start is tightly coiled, with no indentation. The foundation is made of mixed rods and splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with rim ticks all the way around, with an abrupt ending, with a few backstitches. The design is two curved lines made up trapezoids, which cross at two points. There are a few Yuki-style random rectangles. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. 20% of the stitches are split. The weft fag ends and moving ends are primarily concealed, with some clipped. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. This basket could be either Wailaki or Yuki, but not Maidu.

Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-733, described as Coated with grime from use; rim weft frayed, one split. Coiled, somewhat globular. 2 red horizontal rows around middle. Tag: "Wailaki att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl, used. Flaring start. Peeled shoot coil foundation, with three rods and possible splints. The wefts are peeled redbud and unpeeled redbud designs. The basket has two horizontal rows of unpeeled redbud at the middle as well as in a few random wefts in two places on the main body, as well as in some places at the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction with and a down to the right slant of weft twist. The rim coil ending is tapered. The workface is on the exterior. The weft fag ends are bound under. Barrett states that this is Yuki, and Shanks says this could be Yuki or Wailaki.