Collection place: Northwestern California / Collector: Samuel A. Barrett / Culture or time period: Pit River - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11995, described as Small, hemispherical, coiled. "wunkat" = flat basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue, according to the informant Molly Haynew this basket was used as a sifter. There are some burns on the interior that might indicate parching. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is three rod with some splints towards the base. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud, as well as a black material. The design is diagonal stacked rectangles on the sides of the basket, as well as a horizontal band at the base. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is missing, around 3/4 of an inch is gone. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked and a few concealed. The weft moving ends are concealed, with some clipped. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has up to 70% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. Due to the small coil width this may be Wailaki.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11996, described as Large old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue and burns; it was probably used for both parching and cooking, with evidence of abrasion from cooking stones. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is splints. The background wefts are peeled redbud, and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is four horizontal bands, which have occasional dips that mirror the bands above and below. The rim is plain wrapped in unpeeled redbud. The coil ending is backstitched for two inches, and has a blunt end. The weft fag ends are sometimes clipped, sometimes tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has about 50% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist.