Object name: Storage basket / Culture or time period: California tribes / Materials: Hazel shoots - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-2953, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11697, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Close woven conical basket for gathering seeds. Bottom gone. Breaks at lower end. Split hoop sewn on with cordage is broken, part missing. Very grimey. Plain twined. White overlay element floats on back. Lower part of basket: horizontal and vertical striped bands. Major design: stacked parallelograms, 2 light zigzag bands run vertically through them. Fortified around bottom by heavy wooden splint sewed on with twine.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11696, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) and peeled Hazel. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-20873, described as Deep flexible twined basket with design in dark red. Shows some wear. Rim broken in several places. Almost completely overlaid except for very bottom. 2-faced overlay, red on white. Elaborate designs. Upper area: V-shaped, combination of triangles and parallelograms. Lower area: right-angled up and down steps bisected by diagonal lines, triangle opposite angle of line turning downwards. Mostly plain twined; some 3-strand twining occurs. Small hoop of shoots is stitched to top to form rim. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is possibly Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Rim hoop Willow (Salix).

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11750, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) and peeled Hazel. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Used for containing fish nets. Very grimy from use. Smoke scaffolds inside. Single face overlay floated on back. White overlay design, difficult to distinguish. Vertical zigzag bands. Plain twined. Bottom is openwork.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11867, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is also Hazel. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-1596, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Alder (Alnus rubra), Basket made by a Karok woman married among the Yurok.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11699, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Small openwork storage basket (Rumi tsek) with 3 narrow bands of pattern.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11792, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Conical shape, plain twined. Design of diagonal and vertical stripes in lower area, bottom broken and missing. Hoop sewn to rim with cordage. Broken, very darkened overall.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-2484, described as Storage basket; twined. Used for storing fish. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is also peeled Hazel. Willow (Salix) hoopsat rim bound with Alder (Alnus) root.