Object name: Sifting tray / Collection place: Round Valley, Mendocino County, California / Culture or time period: California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12043, described as Old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting. The basket has food debris inside it. The start is a tight spiral coil start. The basket has a single rod coil foundation with splints. The wefts are of uncertain material (s), white/tan with dark brown designs. The design is four stepped bars with rectangles on the inside. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is slightly tapered, with six back stitches. The weft fag ends are bound under and trimmed. The moving ends are concealed and some are trimmed. Almost all of the stitches are split on the back face. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12010, described as Small old plate form sifting basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled sifting basket, with residue. Tight spiral coiled start. Three rod foundation of peeled shoots. Redbud wefts, both peeled and unpeeled. The overall design is alternating horizontal bands of peeled and unpeeled redbud. There are no random rectangles. The rim is much damaged, but was wrapped. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and a primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are clipped and concealed; the moving ends are obscured by residue. There are about 50% split stitches on the interior and exterior.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12052, described as Small plate form sifting basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, used for sifting. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation is mixed three rod and splint. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. There are 1 1/2 inches of wefts at the start that appears to be sedge or some other material. The design is two pairs of vertical triangle like shapes on opposite sides of the basket. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing, and was cut. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under and some are trimmed. The moving ends are primarily concealed and some are clipped. About half of the stitches are split on the back face, and are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11951, described as Small hemispherical sifting basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl, used, with food residue. The wefts are widely spaced. Tight twined start. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped with a slightly tapered coil ending. The designs are horizontal one coil wide bands and random small rectangles. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and the wefts have a down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily concealed, with some clipped. The weft moving ends are primarily tucked under, but in some cases concealed. The weft stitches are sometimes split on the backface.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11986, described as Small very old flaring coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting and parching. The basket has some burns on the interior as well as food debris. There is a twined repair near the rim. The basket has a coiled start. The basket has a 3 rod coil foundation. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design is two horizontal bands. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing. The weft fag ends are bound under and clipped. The moving ends are difficult to see, some are concealed. Most of the stitches are split on the back face and are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11890, described as Old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting or serving. The basket has food debris inside it. The start is coiled. The basket has a single rod coil foundation with splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design is three diagonal zigzags. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is blunt with eight back stitches. The weft fag ends are clipped and bound under. The moving ends are concealed with a few clipped. A little over half of the stitches are split on the back face. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12015, described as Small hemispherical coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting. The basket has food debris inside it. The start is twined. The basket has a 3 rod coil foundation with a splint as well. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design is a series of single coil wide horizontal bands with breaks, as well as random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing, it was cut off. The weft fag ends are clipped and concealed. The moving ends are concealed. About half of the stitches are split on the back face. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.

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 Sifting tray, accession number 1-11932, described as Small very old flaring coiled basket with mended bottom. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting, with food debris. The basket has a coiled start, with many mends around it. The basket has a mixed rod and splint coil foundation. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design includes three V's and three W's as well as some random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped. The moving ends are primarily concealed, with some clippped. The weft stitches are around 40% split on the back face. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11907, described as Small plate form sifting basket.