Object name: Basket start / Collector: Samuel A. Barrett / Culture or time period: Klamath River Tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object name Basket start Collector Samuel A. Barrett Culture or time period Klamath River Tribes

Hearst Museum object titled Basket start, accession number 1-214026, described as Basketry starting knot at bottom of globose basket, showing crossing and binding of warp sticks. Then 3-strand twining with spruce root, followed by plain twining section; finally, start of design in alternate black and white overlay. Also showing insertion of additional warp rods. Note dropping of the third twining element when the plain twining begins.