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Start Over Collection place North Central California Culture or time period Wailaki
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-4117, described as Coiled, basin shaped, two horizontal zigzags in dark red on sides. 6-pointed star-like pattern on base. Slight food soiling on interior. "Cut in rim made by Isabel Kelly to del." Foundation bundle of split shoots, sewing strands of split peeled shoots with designs in redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled shallow basket with flaring sides, with residue. The start is twined. The warps are rods and splints. The wefts are peeled redbud as a background and unpeeled redbud designs. At the base the background wefts are sedge (Carex). There are random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt coil ending, with four overstiches, with the warps clipped. The weft fag ends are clipped or bound under and the weft moving ends are concealed. On the exterior the wefts are less than 5% split and the interior wefts are less than 50% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the use of sedge this is probably not Yuki made, it may be Wailaki.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67841, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled broad basket bowl. No evidence of use wear. The basket has a twined start. The warps are peeled shoot rods and splints, with the base in all splints. The weft material is peeled and unpeeled redbud designs at the upper 1/4 and the lower 3/4 design is an unknown unpeeled material and the background is an unknown peeled material. At the start of the basket is a band of half unpeeled redbud and half unknown unpeeled material. The main design is diagonal stepped spirals. There are no clear random rectangles. The weft fag ends are clipped or bound under. The weft moving ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped with a few rim ticks in peeled and unpeeled redbud directly under the rim coil ending. The rim coil ending is blunt with three back stitches and is cut off at the end. The wefts are split less than 10% on the exterior and on the interior 50-60% are split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials and techniques the basket could be either Wailaki or Yuki.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-242530, described as Coiled bowl-shaped basket with 3 large zigzag designs in reddish brown. Tag: "Yuki att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl, not used. The basket start is twined. The coil foundation is three rods of peeled shoots. The background wefts are peeled redbud and the designs are in unpeeled redbud. The main design has three vertical elements of paired zigzags. There is a band of unpeeled redbud at the start. There are a few random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped. The rim coil ending is blunt with two diagonal backstiches. There is some unpeeled redbud on rim. The weft fag ends are clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed, with some bound under. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft interior stitches are 35-40% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the material and techniques this could be a Yuki or Wailaki basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67845, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled broad basket bowl. There is no evidence of use wear. The basket has a twined start. The warps are peeled shoot rods and splints. The weft material is peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The start has three weft rows of unpeeled redbud. The main design is seven horizontal single rows of unpeeled redbud, separated by three bands of peeled redbud, with a break that lines up. There are a few random rectangles. The weft fag ends and weft moving ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is blunt with a quick taper formed by five back stitches, it is not cut off at the end. The wefts are split less than 5% on the exterior and on the interior 30-35% are split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, design and techniques the basket is either from the Yuki or Wailaki. There is a human hair woven into the rim.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67834, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Yuki". Coiled broad shallow basket bowl, with some use wear and some residue. The start is twined. The warps are three rods. The wefts are peeled redbud as a background and unpeeled redbud designs. The design is five vertical lines of unpeeled redbud. There are random rectangles, in a light color. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt coil ending, with three overstitches, with the warps clipped. The weft fag ends are bound under and the weft moving ends are concealed. On the exterior 10% of the wefts are split and the interior wefts are over 75% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, design, and random rectangles this most likely a Yuki basket but Wailaki cannot be ruled out. There is a hair woven into the bottom exterior third of the basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67849, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tags: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring shallow basket bowl, not used but with some debris and dirt on the interior. The basket start is a sewn over tight spiral. The coil foundation is three rods of peeled shoots. The wefts are peeled redbud and unpeeled redbud. The main design is two continuous vertical lines that cross the whole basket of peeled redbud, one narrow and one wide. There are no random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped. The rim coil ending is blunt, cut, and has two backstitches. The weft fag ends are clipped with some bound under. The weft moving ends are bound under or concealed. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft interior stitches are 35-40% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. There is a human hair at the bottom exterior of the basket. Based on the materials and techniques this basket is Yuki or based on the lack of random rectangles possibly a Wailaki basket.

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