Object class: Culinary equipment for preparing and cooking food / Collection place: North America / Culture or time period: Southern Humboldt Athabaskan - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-754, described as Mortar basket; worn and grimy from use. Hoop lashed with buckskin thong to inside of rim. 2-faced overlay; black and white dotted horizontal lines near top (2). Mainly plain twining. 3 strand twining from bottom about 6 cm up; then a hoop lattice- twined to outside; then 2 rows of 3-strand twining, one row plain twining, and one more row of 3-strand twining; 2 rows of 3-strand twining about 10 cm down from the rim. Two tags: "Wailaki".

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12094, described as Mortar basket; grimy from usage. Hoop lashed with buckskin to inside of edge to form rim; another hoop lattice-twined to outside approximately 4 cm from bottom edge. Mainly plain twining; 3-strand twining only occurs from bottom to lower hoop, then next row above. At 2.5-4.5 cm below top is one row of 3-strand twining, then 2 plain rows below; this repeats and ends with a 3-strand twined row. At 10-13 cm below rim is one 3-strand row alternating twice with a plain row and ending with a 3-strand row. Two tags: "Wailkaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used, with food residue. The start has been removed. The warps are a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root with no overlay. There is leather lashing at the rim and two large reinforcing rods. From the base there is three strand twining, variably over one to two warps, followed by a lattice twined reinforcing rod on the exterior, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by three alternating plain and three strand twining weft rows, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining alternating with two weft rows of plain twining, followed by plain twining for 1-2 inches to the rim, which is closely trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod lashed on with buckskin on the interior of the rim. The lashing is in typical southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. There has been a small additional rod added in at one side of the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates.

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 1-732, described as Mortar basket; worn around the bottom edge from pestle action, dirty from use. Warps curve up towards the right. A heavy loop is sewn securely on to form the rim inside. 3- strand twining occurs in a strip 2.5 cm below outside hoop and 2 rows just above it. Area from lowest 3-strand twining to bottom is twilled twining. Tags: Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket with flaring sides, oblong, and low sided, used. The start is missing. The diameter of the hole is 5 inches. The warps are peeled shoots. The wefts are conifer root and the rim wrapping is a peeled shoot. The basket starts with an inch of diagonal twining, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining over one rod, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by a row of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by open work warps, followed by three rows of plain twining. The rim is wrapped with a reinforcing rod. There is no overlay design. The basket does not undulate. There is an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. This basket does not resemble any known Wailaki mortar hoppers and is probably a Yuki made basket traded to the Wailaki.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-753, described as Basket sieve; coated with grime. Coiled. Designs: 2 rows of alternating red and light stitches at the top, a band of red zigzags, another 2 rows of alternate-colored stitches, and one row of red. Two tags: "Wailaki" Per Ralph Shanks: Food processing basket with flaring sides, used, with food remains. The start is tightly coiled, with no indentation. The warps are peeled shoot rods and splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with the end missing. There are horizontal bands of designs, a horizontal zigzag framed above and below by checkered bands. There are about 10 Yuki-style random rectangles. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. Most of the stitches are not split. The fag ends and moving ends are sometimes concealed and sometimes bound under. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. This basket could be either Wailaki or Yuki based on the style, materials, and techniques used.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12072, described as Mortar basket, grimy from usage. End of rim hoop now secured by buckskin thong. White overlay designs in horizontal bands. From top: connected diamonds, zigzag, chevrons, and two dotted bands. 2-faced overlay. Large hoop sewn on inside to form rim lower hoop lattice-stitched to outside approximately 7 cm from bottom. Mostly plain weave; one row of 3-strand twining at the bottom, then 3 rows plain, 4 rows 3-strand, 3 rows plain, 3 rows 3-strand, 3 rows plain, hoop, then all plain twining above. Tags "Wailaki". Tag "1005" stapled to basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket with flaring sides, used. The start is missing. The diameter of the hole is 5.5 inches. The warps are peeled shoots. The wefts are conifer root and a design overlay of beargrass. The basket starts with two rows of three strand twining, followed by three rows of plain twining, followed by four rows of three strand twining, followed by three rows of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining, followed by one row of lattice twining with one rod, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim has a small area of exposed warps followed by two rows of plain twining, sometimes over two warps. Through this gap the wrapping for the reinforcing rod is threaded. A leather strap is wrapped on one edge. The design is in horizontal bands: two bands of checkered beargrass, followed by a band of chevrons, followed by a band of zigzags, followed by a band of diamonds. The overlay is irregularly double-sided, with the main design on the exterior. The basket undulates. There is an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-721, described as Tray basket. Two tags: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Wide flaring coiled bowl, in the shape of a parching or cooking basket. It has staining and residue. The start is twined. The coil foundation is three rods with some splints. The weft material is redbud, both peeled and unpeeled. The design includes four bands of three horizontal lines with one break in each band at the same point. There are also random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped; the rim coil ending is blunt, with about five back stiches. The rim ending lines up with the breaks in the design. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped, with some bound under; the weft moving ends are bound under and some are concealed. About 50% of the wefts are split on the interior, with very few split on the exterior. The wefts are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface. It has a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist. The basket was collected in Hulls valley, which is in Wailaki territory, the features of the basket match both Yuki and Wailaki baskets.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12120, described as Mortar basket with Yuki mending at bottom. Grimy from use. Twined basket has been repaired by rude coiling and sewing, at lower hoop and below. Parallel horizontal bands of white 2-faced overlay; top one zig-zagging parallelograms; below, a zig-zag design with zig-zag edges. A hoop has been stitched to the inside of the rim, re-sewn in one spot; one row of 3-strand twining shows just below the hoop. Tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket with coiled repairs at base, used. For the twining: The warps are a peeled shoot. The wefts are conifer root with bear grass overlay designs. The twining is all plain twining except directly below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining followed by two rows of diagonal twining, mostly concealed under the rim wrapping. There is a reinforcing rod attached at the rim with wrapping of peeled and unpeeled shoot. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and an up to the right of weft twist. The weft overlay is primarily on the exterior, with irregular overlay on the interior. The basket undulates. For the coiling at the base: There is a reinforcing rod lattice twined at the uppermost two coils, where the twining starts. The coils are made up first of splints and later on rods. The weft materials are primarily peeled redbud. The stitches are non-interlocking; with no split stitches on the workface, with a few split stitches on the back face. The workface is on the exterior, and the work direction is to the right, with a down to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Mush paddle, accession number 1-12101, described as Old wooden mush paddle.