Object name: Cooking basket / Collector: Thomas T. Waterman / Culture or time period: North American native cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16561, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Very old; "(large, deep, twined)" added in pen. Extremely grimy and worn. One large horizontal break, mended with cotton twine. Break in rim. Black and white 2-faced overlay design. Stepped diagonal zigzag motif, with V-shaped motifs above. These are horizontally striped in black and brown. 3-strand twining occurs on the bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16567, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red color is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) dyed in Alder (Alnus rubra). Similar (to 1-16566?); "(small, deep, narrow at top)" added in pen. Globose. Mostly overlay, 2-faced, red and black on white ground. Dotted triangles on red/brown. White designs on bottom. Mostly plain twined. 3-strand twining occurs: top 3 rows, approximately 2.5 cm from start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16568, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red color is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) dyed in Alder (Alnus rubra). Small, shallow, twined; very fine finish. One horizontal break of warps. Almost completely overlaid. 2-faced overlay in white, black, and alder red. Design consists of 4 sets of 2 parallel stacks of zigzagging quadrilaterals; concentric circles of vertical and dotted stripes on bottom. 3-strand twined on bottom where not overlaid.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16569, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Very small, deep, twined. Dirty from use. Globular shape. Mainly overlay; redbud on white, 2-faced; horizontally zigzagging parallelograms. Mostly plain weave. 3-strand twining for 1.5 cm radius from start; also approximately 3-3.5 cm from start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16566, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Similar (to 1-16565?); smaller, with semi-circular design; "(small, deep, narrow at top)" added in pen. Globular shape; twined. Very grimy from use. 2-faced overlay, diagonal bands of black and white. 3-strand twining: top row, also 3 areas on bottom. The rest is plain twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16562, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Mush boiler; "(large, deep, twined)" added in pen. Bottom and inside extremely grimy from use. 2-faced white overlay. Serrated horizontal zigzag band. Plain twined except for 2 cm radius at start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16565, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder (Alnus rubra). Similar (to 1-16564?); smaller; "(small deep, narrow at top)" added in pen. Very grimy from use. Globose shape. Horizontal dotted and solid stripes. White and red overlay, 2-faced, on brown. Mostly plain twined. 3-strand twining occurs: approximately 2 cm out from start; 1 row approximately 4 cm from start; top 2 rows, forming a rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-19815, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16559, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Similar (to 1-16558?); "(large, deep, twined)" added in pen.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16558, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Mended with Willow. Mush boiler; "(large deep twined)" added in pen. Extremely grimy and worn from use; 1 small hole in bottom, 1 mend on rim. White 2-faced overlay. 2 white stripes at top. Below, an all- over pattern of diagonal zigzags. Plain twined, except for 3-strand twining at 4 cm radius from start and 5.5 - 7 cm from start.