Object name: Burden basket / Collection place: California / Collector: Samuel A. Barrett - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12119, described as Very old burden basket. Fragile. Caked with grime (tarweed?), worn. Hoop broken in 3 places; hole in bottom repaired by crude coiling. Warps broken in one place. Conical shape, plain twined except bottom 7 cm that is 3-strand twining. Hoop lashed to rim with buckskin. Also buckskin sewing at overlap of 2 sticks, splitshoot sewing over a break. White 2-faced (?) overlay design obscured by grime; all of the plain twined area had design of zigzagging stepped parallelograms (?). Per Ralph Shanks: Twined burden basket, used. The original starting knot is partially missing and there is a lighter replacement material coiled at the base. The basket has peeled shoot warps with conifer root wefts and beargrass overlay. From the bottom of the basket above the repair there is three strand twining for 2 1/2 inches, followed by plain twining the rim, which is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The rim has a rod attached with leather lashing on the interior. The overlay is primarily single sided, with the primary design on the exterior. The basket slightly undulates; one side is flattened, probably from carrying.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-10007, described as Burden basket, with leather covered point, open diagonal twined. There is no decoration. Made of willow, shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12108, described as Many holes, larger ones repaired with cotton and jute string or split shoot sewing; hoop lashed to top with buckskin, now reinforced with commercial string; bottom of basket patched with stiff leather. Plain twined except for bottom 3.5 cm above patch (probably under patch also) done in 3-strand twining. 2-faced overlay: top design band has light ground with groups of 2 connected parallelograms in dark overlay and dark stripe below; rest of basket except tip has all-over stepped design in white. Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 49: tot tocu Two names for burden basket." Two tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined burden basket, used and patched. Starting knot present but obscured by a leather cover. The basket has peeled shoot warps with beargrass and possibly fern stem overlay. There are several patches in different materials including redbud, cotton string, and leather. A rod is lashed on with leather on the interior of the rim. From the bottom of the basket above the leather there is three strand twining for 1 1/4 inches, followed by plain twining to the uppermost weft row, where there are some remnants of one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The design in amplified concentric lines. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is two sided, with the primary design on the exterior. The basket slightly undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12073, described as Old burden basket; worn and dirty from use; portions of back heavily coated with grime (from tar weed?); several small holes. Bottom appears to have been begun with leather weft, which came partly apart. A stiff leather patch was sewn over the hole but most of the warps it was sewn to have broken off. A hoop is sewn to the rim but is coming undone in 2 places. Basket is mostly plain twined. There are all-over white overlay (2-faced?) designs, (4?) parallel zigzagging bands (now obscured by dirt). Two tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined burden basket, used. Starting knot present but is present but is obscured by a leather patch. The basket has peeled shoot warps with conifer root wefts and beargrass design overlay. A rod is lashed on with a red peeled shoot on the interior of the rim. The base of the basket is covered with leather. There are leather wefts in the starting knot. From the bottom of the basket above the leather there is three strand twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by plain twining to the uppermost two weft rows, where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The basket has zigzag designs as well as a horizontal triangle band along at the top of the basket. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is primarily single sided, with the primary design on the exterior. The basket slightly undulates; one side is flattened, probably from carrying.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12058, described as Conical openwork twined basket. Said to be of Huchnom make. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork conical gathering or hanging storage basket. Used with signs of wear. The basket has a crossed warp start. The warps and wefts are possibly unpeeled willow. The rim is braided with the warps bent to the right. The basket is plain twined with no designs. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist. Resembles Yuki buckeye leaching baskets 1-11901 and 1-12024.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12076, described as Burden basket, "upper half made by Wailaki; lower half made by her, therefore Yuki." Worn and grimy from use; hole in bottom patched with stiff leather, now cracked. Plain twined, conical shape; white 2-faced overlay; 4 different horizontal stripes on upper area. Hoop rim firmly sewn to top of basket. Strap consists of buckskin braided with 2 strands of twisted cotton gauze. 3-strand twining occurs at bottom, and single rows about 14, 22, 30, and 30.5 cm from top. 5 tags attached to rim, 3 say Wailaki catalogue card says basket is Yuki and Wailaki Per Ralph Shanks: This basket is very significant in that the upper portion is apparently a Yuki burden basket. Yuki burden baskets are extremely rare and often not well documented so that this basket is important for the study of Yuki basketry. Because Yuki burden baskets are even rarer than Wailaki burden baskets, it is recommended that this basket be placed in the Yuki section of baskets. Burden basket, heavily used. Weft is conifer root and warps are peeled shoots. Starting knot is missing as the bottom of basket has a hole which is capped with leather. 3 strand twining is visible at the edge of the leather, it is unknown if it extended to the starting knot. 3 strand twining is followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining followed by 1 row of 3 strand twining, followed by one row of plain twining, followed by one row of 3 strand twining, followed by 3 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of 3 strand, followed by 4 inches of plain twining, followed by 1 row of 3 strand twining, followed by 4 inches of plain twining, followed by 1/16 inch of exposed warp sticks, followed by a wrapped rim. The rim contains a reiforcing rod and splint-like weft units. The splint-like weft units are wrapped around the exposed warps in certain places below the rim wrapping. The Wailaki work direction is rightward and up and to the right slant of weft twist. The Yuki portion also has a rightward work direction with a rightward slant of weft twist. Approximately 9.5 inches from the start there is a clear transition from the Wailaki weaver's hand to the Yuki weaver's. The Yuki stitches are not as wide as the Wailaki stitches. The entire basket is undulating with the Yuki portion of the basket having more undulation than the Wailaki. The Wailaki section is undecorated, in the Yuki portion there is bear grass overlay. In the middle of the basket, at the start of the Yuki section is a checkerboard pattern over 3 weft rows of conifer root. The next row up is vertical bands of beargrqass 5 weft rows high alternating with undecorated weft rows to make vertical stripes. The next band is a checkerboard pattern for 3 weft rows. The uppermost row is the striped pattern again for 3 weft rows. Beargrass design is heavily worn especially where it was worn against the body. The strap is 2 pieces of rope or gauze braided with leather. It is attached to the rim and the reinforcing rod.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12110, described as Old. Stick lashed to inside of rim with buckskin, strap put through a hole in basket. Worn and dirty; large rip, partially sewn together. Pointed bottom has worn out, patched with stiff piece of leather. Part of a lattice-twined shoot remains inside, near bottom. Basket covered with designs, in white 2-faced overlay: stripe just below rim, then a narrow zigzag stripe; the rest is an all-over stepped design of equidistant lines. The bottom 5 cm are 3-strand twining, not overlaid. Conical shape. Native name "tot". Two tags "Wailaki". Fragmented tag "11". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden or gathering basket, used. The basket is flattened on one side, flaring less than the usual Wailaki burden basket. The basket has a leather strap. There is a twined peeled shoot and cotton string patch on the side of the basket. The basket start is missing, and has been replaced with a lashed on leather patch. The warps are a peeled shoot and the wefts are conifer root with a beargrass design overlay. There are 1.25 inches of wide three strand twining at the base followed by a single weft row of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, plain twining continues to the rim. The rim is trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod held on at the rim by leather lashing, in Southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. The design is in amplified contours, common in the Southern Humboldt Athabaskan area and north of there to Washington. The overlay is irregular, with the primary overlay on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket undulates. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12096, described as Burden basket; somewhat worn and very grimy from use. Conical shape; twined. 2-face overlay designs in white: thin dotted stripe below rim; band of connected right triangles below; dominant design, 3 zigzag bands of something similar to "foot design" of Northwest California; below this, a sort of stripe. A hoop is lashed inside top edge to form rim with buckskin. Carrying strap is part buckskin and part cotton cloth. Bottom of basket was begun with rawhide weft. 3-strand twining and plain twining. Tag: "1083". Three other tags "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden basket, used. Crossed warp start, in a perpendicular style. Warps are a peeled shoot and wefts are conifer root with a beargrass design overlay. There are 1.5 inches of wide three strand twining at the base followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by two rows of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one row of twining over multiple warps in a unique non-linear style, plain twining continues to the rim, where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod held on at the rim by leather lashing, in Southern Humboldt Athabaskan style, as well as coiled peeled and unpeeled shoots. The overlay is irregular, with the primary overlay on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12117, described as Very old burden basket. Quite dirty and worn from use. Two holes stitched up, other cracks. The hoop has been crudely resewn to rim. The bottom 5 cm at the tip have been replaced by rough coiling (the rest of the basket is twined). For 3.5 cm above coiled tip is 3-strand twining. Buckskin strap attached. Basket is conical in shape. Tag: "Wailaki" Per Ralph Shanks: Twined and coiled burden basket, used. Coiled oval start. The basket has a splint coil foundation. On the twined part of the basket the warp material is a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root. Starting at the starting knot there is coiling for 2 1/4 inches followed by 1 inch of three strand twining that has some plain twining in the last row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is folded over into the interior of the basket around a reinforcing rod in some areas. The basket somewhat undulates and has a flat surface, probably where it was worn on the back. The twined work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. The coiling is a rightward direction. The coiled weft twist is down and to the right and the weft fag ends are tucked.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-10934, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud. Rim bound with Willow (Salix).