Object name: Sifting tray / Year collected: [Missing] / Culture or time period: California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-211546, described as Large shallow sifting basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-61749, described as Twined basketry oval mat. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray, perhaps a flour/ sifting tray or lid. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is 1 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until rim. The design includes a band of parallelograms at the start, followed by a circle surrounded by alternating triangles, followed by five elements made up of two hourglasses and one triangle, with one band of maidenhair fern below the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided. The rim is trimmed. The basket may have been inverted after manufacture. There are hairs woven into the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-27891, described as Basketry tray. Overlay twined, black and brown design. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes". Second Tag "NW". Third tag "NW Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray, in the shape of a flour/ sifting tray, probably not used. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or possibly willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there are 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until 1 inch below the rim, where there are 2 weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim. The design at the base has a circle of triangles followed by a horizontal band that has triangles in positive and negative, followed by another band of downward pointing triangles, at the rim there are seven triangles. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the inside. The rim is trimmed. There are hairs woven into the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-2952, described as Extra large plain twined flat basket in white and brown. Narrow bands and broad zigzag patterns. Tag on bottom "252". Tag on the outside "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray, perhaps a flour/ sifting tray. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or possibly willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is 1 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until 1 inch below the rim, where there are 2 weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The main design is comprised of vertical zig zags outlined by triangles, broken up by the two weft rows of three strand twining. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the inside. The rim is trimmed. There are three rows of reinforcing rods tacked on to the exterior. There are hairs woven into the basket. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-61757, described as Basket tray, twined. Tag "Kal. R. Tr. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray, perhaps a flour/ sifting tray, probably not used. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or possibly willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is 1 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until 1.5 inches below the rim, where there is 1 weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim. The main design is comprised of diagonally stacked parallelograms, with two circles above and below, and another band of parallelograms at the rim. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the inside. The rim is trimmed. There are hairs woven into the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-72036, described as Overlay decoration; large, shallow. Tag: "NW Cal Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray, perhaps a flour/ sifting tray. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, raised. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until 3/4 inch below the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining, after which plain twining continues to the rim. The main design is a band of diagonally stacked polygons. There are two conifer root horizontal stripes at the rim, above which are four rectangles with a triangle on each side. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the inside. The rim is trimmed. The basket is from Northwestern California.