Object class: Containers for cooking food / Culture or time period: North American native cultures / Taxon: Salix - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9949, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Coiled; large and, in 1906, already "very old and much worn." Decoration: diagonal zigzag design in red.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9920, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Decoration: crossing black diagonal bands. 3-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10115, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Red pattern is Redbud. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Very large. Decoration: vertical columns of diamond designs; these are very faint, but appear red in color. Basket is slightly damaged at bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16561, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Very old; "(large, deep, twined)" added in pen. Extremely grimy and worn. One large horizontal break, mended with cotton twine. Break in rim. Black and white 2-faced overlay design. Stepped diagonal zigzag motif, with V-shaped motifs above. These are horizontally striped in black and brown. 3-strand twining occurs on the bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10100, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling, with interlocking stitiches; coarse with flaring sides. Numerous black designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16569, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Very small, deep, twined. Dirty from use. Globular shape. Mainly overlay; redbud on white, 2-faced; horizontally zigzagging parallelograms. Mostly plain weave. 3-strand twining for 1.5 cm radius from start; also approximately 3-3.5 cm from start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16562, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Mush boiler; "(large, deep, twined)" added in pen. Bottom and inside extremely grimy from use. 2-faced white overlay. Serrated horizontal zigzag band. Plain twined except for 2 cm radius at start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11626, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Semi-conical. White overlay design, single-faced. 2 reinforcing rods lattice-woven near top, some overlay on them.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2308, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Dirty and worn from usage. Cylindrical shape. Very flexible. White 2-faced overlay designs; two thin stripes at top; horizontal bands, two of connected triangles and two of connected diamonds; with a repeating angled motif between the 2 band areas. Mostly plain twined. 3-strand twined for approximately 9 cm radius from start, and two rows at approximately 12 cm from start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10144, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: disconnected horizontal red lines. Basket was described as being "very old" when it was collected in 1906.