Object name: Burden basket / Culture or time period: Northern California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-27700, described as Twined, top broken, skin loops for strap, openwork band. Per Ralph Shanks: Open twined burden basket with three leather straps. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material is probably willow. At the starting knot there is closely spaced plain twining until the edge of the bottom of the basket. After that open spaced plain twining continues to the end of the rim, which is braded with the warp sticks bound down on the interior of the basket. There are three rows of crossed warps below the rim. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-211507, described as Conical; overlaid design in black.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-10518, described as Border is tied down with buckskin. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled and some unpeeled shoots, possibly hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), warps and peeled shoot wefts. The rim is reinforced with two rods lashed on with a strip of leather. There is a leather strap that forms a handle. Starting at the starting knot there is 2 1/2 inches of plain twining over two warps, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining over one warp to the rim. The warps are parallel. The rim is trimmed. The rim has two reinforcing rods on the interior lashed on with buckskin of the type more often seen at the rim of southern Humboldt Athabaskan burden baskets. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-53650, described as Closely woven. Crushed.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12401, described as Soft, closely woven, conical burden basket. (nai).

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71139, described as Burden basket, twined, conical.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28559, described as Openwork burden basket. Bottom repaired. Plain twined, bottom rounded. Several shoots are lashed to inside of rim with buckskin, now reinforced in 2 places with cotton string and a knitted strip of cotton. The stiff leather strap goes around the back of the basket, tied on by thongs. There is also a piece of rope tied to a buckskin loop and a loop tied on rim of gauzy cotton. Three tags: "Nongatl". One tag has Wailaki crossed out. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork burden basket. Crossed warp start, much repaired. Peeled shoots are used warp, weft, and reinforcing rods, possible hazel and other shoots. Parallel warps throughout the basket except at the rim, where there is one row of crossed warps. The rim has braided warps bent to the left and inward. Rightward work direction and up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-61746, described as Burden basket, open work twine. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined open-work burden basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is possibly hazel or willow. There are three handles made out of old cloth. Starting at the starting knot, there is close-spaced plain twining, often over two warps during the first few inches, followed by open-work plain twining with parallel warps. Plain twining continues to the rim, where the warps are braided and bound down on the interior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California. There is a hair woven into the side of the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number TB-56, described as [Burden basket with tag: "Lost #; #17 / Attributed to Klamath River area. L. Dawson 6/3/59.] Per Ralph Shanks: NW California; open work burden basket with bottom repairs; up to right weft twist; weft is conifer, warp not sure, too dirty to tell; possibly willow. Shows heavy use. Could be 1-11660, check for warp crossed in groups of 4's below rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number TB-57, described as [Burden basket with tag: "Lost #; #18 / Attributed to Klamath River area. L. Dawson 3/6/59." Oversize] Per Ralph Shanks: Willow (most likely) or hazel NW California open work basket with braided rim wrapped in some areas with cloth. Repaired several times. Cloth strips in several places on basket. Non-native string used to stabilize in other areas. Weft twist is up to right. Rounded bottom. Most likely 1-12399 based on description

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