Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Collection place: Mariposa, Mariposa County, California / Culture or time period: Eastern Miwok - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Basketry (object genre) Collection place Mariposa, Mariposa County, California Culture or time period Eastern Miwok

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20884, described as Shallow, with no decoration. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10265, described as 3-Rod coiled with interlocking stitches, with flaring sides. Decoration: vertical banding, in black. Broken at several places along the rim as well as near the bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10442, described as Mush basket, 3-rod coiling with non-interlocking stitches, with flaring sides and a mended base. Decoration: horizontal black zigzags. Base is mended.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20882, described as 3-Rod coiling with interlocking stitches (many split on interior face) and herringbone border stitch at rim; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: black pattern of diagonal bands of diamonds.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-216518, described as Open diagonal twined, bag-shaped with handle. Decoration: horizontal band designs in red and black (redbud and brackenfern root).

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry material, accession number 1-10328, described as Bundle of flag leaves and wild wheat-like grass. Native name and meaning: "koiha" - flag-like material; "tiela" - the wheat-like green material. The "koiha" is used on the inside of a basket and the "tiela" is used on the outside to make "pretty looking basket". Used as foundation material for 1-10329 (basket start).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket start, accession number 1-10329, described as Start of coiled basket, made of string with a flag leaf and grass foundation. Flag leaves are on the inside and grass on outside of coil bundle. This was done in order to produce a "pretty green effect". According to Ruth Merrill, the warp is Epicampes, Cattail string, and Iris leaf.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-410, described as Bread tray basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge( Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Coiled on bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches; large and truncate-coned. Decoration: 4 horizontal bands of alternating solid black triangles.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71178, described as Coiled, bowl shaped. Decoration: numerous solid black design clusters arranged in 2 horizontal bands with diamonds, "flying geese", and horizontal zigzags prevailing. Coiled on bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71180, described as Coiled, bowl shaped. Decoration: thin band beneath the rim, with downwards-pointing triangles attached, and a horizontal row of upwards-pointing triangles nearer the bottom. Designs are executed in red. Coiled on a bundle foundation. Stitching appears to be mixed interlocking and split.