Year collected: [Missing] / Culture or time period: Northwestern California tribes / Taxon: Corylus cornuta californica - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20842, described as Small, deep basket. Made of hazel twigs. String handle. Tag "NW. Calif." Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket, possibly for berry picking. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). The wefts are also possiby hazel. At the base there is one weft row three strand twining. At the rim there are seven elements of three crossed warps. At the rim the basket has three closer spaced rows of weft. There is a string handle. The rim is tacked down with one weft. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket cap, accession number 1-20819, described as Basket cap, twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) in mud. White pattern in Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1496, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum).

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20824, described as Twined basketry cap with designs entirely in black maidenhair fern stems. Tag: "NW Calif". Second tag "53". Third tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). The weft material is conifer root (Pinophyta). The weft overlay design has a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) background with maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to 1/2 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is a horizontal band with triangles inside, above, and below the band. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Hupa or Yurok based on the area of collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20823, described as Basket cap; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-373, described as Hat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is chain fern (Woodward) in alder (Alnus), black dye is maidenhair, brown dye is pine root in mud, mud-dyed alder, or Hazel.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-467, described as Baby basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). Pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Mud-dyed alder or hazel. Strong rim forming hand grip at upper end. Longitudinal elements bound by spaced plain twining.

Hearst Museum object titled Dance basket, accession number 1-20825, described as Dance basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Ends bound in leather.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 1-372, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia Spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra).

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 1-374, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia Spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra).