Object name: Treasure basket / Object class: Treasure baskets / Culture or time period: Klamath River Tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-11860, described as Trinket basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork rumitsek basket with vertical ornament of crossed warp.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-9500, described as Trinket basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum).

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-11706, described as Trinket basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Storage basket (rumitsek).

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164425, described as Twined, sub-globular, small; alternating red and straw-color lines in diagonal twining technique. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and red dyed woodwardia fern. At the starting knot there is 3 strand twining for .5 inch followed by 1.5 inches of diagonal twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. After that diagonal twining continues until the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The design is a band of slanted stripes of alternating beargrass and red dyed woodwardia. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The rim has the warp sticks sticking up above the rim, and are trimmed evenly. It is an uncommon basket, as very few baskets in Northwestern California are made of mostly diagonal twining. There is a hair woven into the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-11760, described as Trinket basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Half openwork, blackened with age.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-9501, described as Trinket basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica).

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164422, described as Twined; globular; black designs on light ground; 4 diamonds each bordered by triangles. Old tag says $2.10. Rim is out of shape. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl. 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 and maiden hair fern. At the starting knot there is 1 inch of three strand twining. After that plain twining, that has bear grass overlay, for 1 inch followed by 2 rows of three strand twining. After that there is plain twining until the rim where there is 2 weft rows of three strand twining. The design includes a band of alternating diagonal black and tan lines on the base. The primary design is four diamonds with diagonal stripes inside them and surrounded by triangles. At the rim there another row of alternating diagonal black and tan lines. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The rim is trimmed, and is unraveling. The basket is from Northwest California, possibly Yurok or Wiyot based on the design.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-168832, described as White, red and black overlay design, perhaps "inverted".

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164446, described as Globular twined basket; geometric design (picture on card). Tags: "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl "fancy basket". Crossed warp starting knot. Overlay on the outside. The warp material is hazel. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is 1 inch of three strand twining, after that 1 inch of plain twining, after that 6 weft rows of three strand twining, switching to plain twining until the rim, were there are 3 rows of three strand twining. The main design is a band at the middle with triangles stacked above and below the band. On the base there is a beargrass band of overlay with conifer root on the outside and inside of the band. On the rim is alternating black and tan speckles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist with an exterior workface. Based on the materials and techniques this is a Northwest California basket, possibly Yurok based on the extensive use of maidenhair fern.

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-9542, described as Trinket basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica).