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Start Over Object name Burden basket Collector Samuel A. Barrett
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12392, described as Openwork willow basket without strap.
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 1-12232, described as Tule burden basket.
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 1-12674, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp and weft are split Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12506, described as Tule basket with hoop (teluks).
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12402, described as Burden or gathering basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Soft, closely woven, conical. (nai). Crushed.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12401, described as Soft, closely woven, conical burden basket. (nai).
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.

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