Object class: Containers (receptacles) / Culture or time period: North American native cultures / Taxon: Alnus - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9395, described as Openwork tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Alder root (Alnus). Twill-twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9398, described as Openwork tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Alder root (Alnus) and Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Black color is mud-dyed. Mostly plain twined. Design very faint, is not overlay, pattern in dyed black.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9399, described as Openwork tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Alder root (Alnus) and Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Black color is mud-dyed. Plain twined. Four stripes of black dyed warp.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-14530, described as Openwork cooking basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Red color is Alder-dyed (Alnus) chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). Rim of Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-1606, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Redwood root (Sequoia sempervirens) and Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Yellow dye is Beargrass in lichen.

Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-10579, described as Soup basket; twined. Warp is possibly Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder (Alnus rubra). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-10520, described as Basketry bowl. The weft is alder (Alnus) root and Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Design composed of horizontally repeating triangles. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined soup bowl, used. The materials are hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) or willow warps with a conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts and a beargrass overlay. There is a crossed warp starting knot. Beginning at the starting knot there is 1 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 3 inches, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by five weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining up to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main overlay design is two horizontal design bands of beargrass, with outlines of triangles separated by a plain horizontal band in-between. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is predominately on the exterior. The surface slightly undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-10566, described as Acorn soup basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder (Alnus).