Object class: Baskets by technique / Collection place: Coulterville, Mariposa County, California / Culture or time period: California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Baskets by technique Collection place Coulterville, Mariposa County, California Culture or time period California tribes

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10214, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is grass, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Red pattern is Redbud. Apparently two baskets, elliptical and recurved, joined by a flat basketry foundation. Both the foundation and the baskets are coiled. Decoration: smaller basket has open red diamond figures in a design termed "rare" by Samuel A. Barrett; larger basket has red variant on zigzag pattern. Designs are in redbud.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10211, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small and shallow with a flaring body. Coiled on a bundle foundation, with a horizontal band of black zigzags. Non-interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10212, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flattish and globose in shape. Coiled on a grass bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches. Decorated with a black diagonal zigzag design.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10219, described as Plate sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-10215, described as Basket; twined. Warp is unpeeled Willow (Salix), weft is Willow. Elliptical in form, with a handle and a reinforcing (willow?) hoop at rim. Open diagonal twined, with no decoration.