Collection place: Hulls Valley, Mendocino County, California / Culture or time period: Wailaki - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-734a-c, described as Pine roots, elder twigs, grass

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-722, described as Coiled; squat, globular shape. Design in red; first couple of rows at start are red. Tag: "Wailaki". Loose tag "att". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket bowl, with no residue. Twined start. Peeled shoot rod foundation. Redbud wefts both peeled and unpeeled. The overall design is diagonal steps with rectangles and triangles on the tops and bases of the steps. There are random rectangles. The rim is wrapped, with slightly tapered ending; the last inch of wefts is backstitched. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some concealed; the moving ends are primarily concealed with some clipped. There are split and unsplit stitches on the interior. The basket could be either Wailaki or Yuki.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-729, described as Burden basket, in good condition. Hoop lashed to rim with buckskin, broken in 2 places. Twined, with knotted strap. White two-faced overlay designs; dotted stripe just below rim; then diamond outlines connected in horizontal band. Lowest design is a dotted stripe with zig-zag horizontal line beneath. The point, the very start of basket, begins with rawhide weft, over the stick warp. Three-strand twining. 2 tags both say 'Wailaki' Per Ralph Shanks: Classic Wailaki burden basket, used, made out of conifer root weft, possibly pine root with bear grass overlay. Overlay is irregular sided, not two-faced as indicated above. Peeled shoots used for warp sticks. Starting knot is common for the Wilaki, with wefts made of rawhide or buckskin. Beginning at starting knot there are alternating bands of 3 strand and plain twining weft rows for 3.5 inches, followed by plain twining until 1 weft row below rim. The uppermost weft row is 3 strand twining. Trimmed rim finish with the vast majority of warp sticks rising as much as .25 inches above the rim. At the rim a reinforcing rod is lashed to the basket with buckskin using the typical wailaki technique, the rod is broken in 2 places. There is a carrying strap attached to the rim and the reinforcing rod. The weft stitches are up and to the right and the work direction is up and to the right with an exterior work face. Some undulation is present.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-728, described as Burden basket. Dusty, in good condition. White 2-faced overlay, narrow stripes and horizontal zigzag band nearest top. Narrow zigzag bands in large v-shaped and zigzag patterns. 2 parallel single line zigzag design nearest bottom. Hoop lashed inside basket edge with buckskin strap about 76 cm long. 2 small hoops lattice woven to inside near the bottom. Tip of the basket was begun with 1 buckskin weft. Plain twining, except in the bottom 8.5 cm which is done in 3-strand twining. Three tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined burden basket, used. . Crossed warp starting knot. The basket has peeled shoot warps with beargrass overlay. There are several patches in different materials including redbud, cotton string, and leather. A rod is lashed on with leather on the interior of the rim. A 27 inch long leather strap is on one side of the rim and is attached 1/2 inch below the rim. There is one rod that is lattice twined for two rows on to the interior bottom of the basket. From the bottom of the basket above the leather there is three strand twining for 4 inches, followed by plain twining for the rest of the basket. The rim is trimmed. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is two sided, with the primary design on the exterior. The basket undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-720, described as Burden basket; dirty from usage; hole in the bottom has been patched by sewing on a soft piece of buckskin; conical in shape. The bottom 6 cm are 3 strand twining, a single row was placed at 5, 6, 19, and 20 cm from the rim. The 2 rows along the top are sewn over so that large peeled sticks may form a hoop inside the rim. A buckskin thong is tied to the rim. Two tags "Wailaki". Sticker which is outlined in red "2720". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden basket, used, with no overlay. Warps are a peeled shoot and wefts are conifer root. There are 2 inches of three strand twining at the base followed by 5 3/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 5 1/2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim, where there are 2 rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod wrapped on at the rim by unpeeled shoots. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. This basket lacks designs as do Yuki mortar hoppers, and could possibly be Yuki instead of Wailaki.

Hearst Museum object titled Cloak, accession number 1-735, described as Made of deer skin.

Hearst Museum object titled Deer bone game, accession number 1-717, described as ring and pin game; deer ankle bones on stick

Hearst Museum object titled Gig, accession number 1-718, described as Salmon gig. Made of deer bone, with native rope.

Hearst Museum object titled Gig points, accession number 1-719, described as Made out of nail, with native ropes.