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Start Over Collector Sally Duncan Culture or time period California tribes
Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12116, described as Very old twined plate form basket. Dirty and worn from usage. Close twining; 7 cm radius from basket start is 3-strand twining; also one row about 4 cm down from rim, and one row 4.5 cm down; also the top row. The rest of basket is plain twining. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Small twined bowl, heavily used, with food residue on the interior and exterior of the basket. The basket has a crossed warp start. The warps are a peeled shoot. The weft material is conifer root. There is no weft overlay. From the starting knot there are 2 2/3 inches of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining at the rim. The rim is trimmed, with the majority of the warp sticks extending above the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right of slant of weft twist. The basket has an exterior workface. The basket has some undulation.

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