Object class: Baskets by technique / Collection place: California / Collector: Rose Mary Dobbins Lloyd - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-211612, described as Coiled; decoration: 2 bands of solid black horizontal zigzags encircling basket. Shows signs of extensive repair; basket bottom is damaged. Bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-211611, described as Coiled; rim slightly incurving and sloping sides. Decoration: 2 horizontal bands of solid black diamonds and one horizontal band of black vertical zigzags. Dark brown material is bracken fern root. Bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-211609, described as Twined tobacco basket with lid and leather cord. Tag "NW Cal att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket in a shape derived from the shape of a man's tobacco storage basket. Globular basket A) with constricted mouth and B) lid. The lid is fastened to the basket by leather straps tied over it and one strap tied through it near the starting knot. The following description is for A): Indented, crossed warp, starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there 1 weft row of plain twining, followed by 3 inches of three strand twining, plain twining continues to 1 inch below the rim, where there is three strand twining all the way from there to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The lid, B), has the same materials and weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is: from the starting knot two weft rows of plain twining, followed by 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The main design on A) is three diagonal parallelograms outlined in triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-211610a,b, described as a) Twined basket with b) lid. Tag on both a and b "NW Cal. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: a) Twined storage basket. Crossed warp starting knot. Warp material is probably willow. The weft materials are conifer root, with a beargrass overlay background, and maidenhair fern and red dyed woodwardia overlay designs. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 inch, followed by plain twining for 3 inches, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by four rows of diagonal twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining. The designs include, at the base, several weft row wide checkered circles. On the side of the basket there are three main bands of design, with triangles in beargrass and woodwardia. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single sided, on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. b) The lid has the same materials as the basket. It has a crossed warp starting knot. Starting from the raised knob, there is three strand twining with some diagonal twining until the base of the knob, continuing for a 1/2 inch. Plain twining continues until one inch from the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim, which is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single sided, on the exterior. The lid has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket and lid are from Northwestern California, possibly Karuk, based on the extensive use of red dyed woodwardia.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-211606, described as Basketry hat. There is a rip near the rim. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining 1/2 inch below the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main design is three elements comprised of two stacked parallelograms with a right triangle inside of each. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California. There is a hair woven into the basket near the start.