Object class: Culinary equipment for preparing and cooking food / Object type: ethnography / Culture or time period: Northern Wintun - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Culinary equipment for preparing and cooking food Object type ethnography Culture or time period Northern Wintun

Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-16548, described as Oval.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking stone, accession number 1-16556, described as Flat.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-16551, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Willow hoops. Unfinished mortar basket. Dirty. White 2-faced overlay, solid and dotted horizontal stripes. Lower half 3-strand twining; upper half plain twining, except second and third rows which are 3-strand. Two shoots have been lattice-twined on at 4.5 - 5.5 cm and 9.5 - 10.5 cm from start. One scaffold is inside. Woven to 17 cm height.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-16549, described as Mortar basket. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Willow hoops. Grape bark (Vitus californica). Edge finished in coiled work.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-16550, described as Mortar basket. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Similar (to 1-16549?); "mortar basket" added to card in pen. Braided work at edge. Grimy and worn from use. 2-faced overlay, red (redbud) and white. Zigzag designs in horizontal band; stripes above. 3-strand twining below band; the rest is plain twined. 2 hoops are lattice-twined to the outside at 6.5 - 7 cm above the bottom. The warp ends have been twined together to form rim.