Object class: Cooking baskets / Collection place: Northwestern California / Culture or time period: Northern California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Cooking baskets Collection place Northwestern California Culture or time period Northern California tribes

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-1209, described as Unfinished cooking basket. Twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2546, described as Bowl. Tag "tcunus" and on the back "Lassik". Second tag "Lassik". Third tag "Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket cooking pot, used, with residue present. Crossed warp starting knot, dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. Peeled shoot, possibly willow warps and conifer root wefts with an overlay of beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 inch, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The overlay design is diagonal bands of stacked parallelograms, with a horizontal border above and below. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is primarily on the exterior face with some design evident on the interior. The basket undulates. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-517, described as Fine weave. Ragged edges, quite worn from use and very grimy. Three strand twining 7 cm radius from start of basket. Several tears, one patched. Two tags "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking bowl, used, with no apparent designs. There is a repair at base, patched with splints, the use of splints is typical in Wailaki and Yuki coiled baskets. Crossed warp start, in a non-perpendicular Southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. Warps are a peeled shoot and wefts are conifer root. There are 2.5 inches of wide three strand twining at the base. The rest of the basket is plain twined. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9383, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Browned by use.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27670, described as Close twine, decorated band.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-61764, described as Round, concave base. Zig-zag border design on straw colored ground, darkened from use. Rim broken in several areas. Plain twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-1578, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Grimy and worn from use. Holes in bottom. Plain twined. White overlay.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-61763, described as Round, flat base. Four bands of straw color around upper edge, darkened from use. Rim broken in one area. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is 2 3/4 inches of plain twining followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues until the rim. The main design is four horizontal bands of beargrass. The rim is trimmed. The overlay is on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist, and a rightward work direction. The basket is from Northwestern California, this shape is common among the Yurok.

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