Object class: Culinary equipment and supplies / Culture or time period: Northwestern California tribes / Taxon: Pinophyta - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 1-10519, described as Basketry dipper. The warp elements are hazel and the weft is a kind of root. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry dipper, used, with food/ acorn mush residue. Crossed warp starting knot, dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. Probably willow (Salix) or hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) warps and conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for ⅓ inch, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining followed 1 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by ¾ inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, and followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates slightly. The staining on the basket is uneven, perhaps because the basket was held at one end and the other end was dipped into the acorn mush.

Hearst Museum object titled Hopper, accession number 1-20843, described as Twined basket hopper. Paper tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Brass tag "13". Second paper tag "NW Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper, probably used. The warp material is reddish, with some remaining bark, but unknown. The background weft is conifer root (Pinophyta) as well as a few wefts of unknown material at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the base there is 1 inch of plain twining, over 1-2 rods, followed by 4 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining. After that there are two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim consists of braided warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed nearly flush with the rim. The rim has a reinforcing rod on the interior. The design is comprised of two solid bands of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-2541, described as Basket mortar. Tag "Lassik", second tag "tcusda Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper, maybe used, with little or no residue. Missing starting knot, with a 3 1/2 inch opening at bottom side. Warps are a peeled shoot and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) design overlay. The lattice twined rod is covered with a peeled shoot material. Starting at the base there is three strand twining for 2 1/4 inches, followed by one row of lattice twining, followed by 1/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by 5 1/2 inches of plain twining, followed by a 1/12th of an inch row of open work parallel warps. The rim is wrapped, around a large rod. The design is about 15 horizontal rows of beargrass with the first band being plain followed by 14 rows of widely spaced crenulations, with successive amplified contours. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is on the exterior and irregularly in the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11671, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-10540, described as Mortar; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Rim is Willow (Salix) hoop.