Object name: Plate basket / Collection place: Round Valley, Mendocino County, California / Culture or time period: Wailaki - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12171, described as Old plate form openwork basket. In good condition, dirty from use. Plain twining; weft ends turned to form additional warps. 3 closely twined rows at top. Tag "1303", second tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket tray. Crossed warp start, perpendicular. Peeled shoot warps and wefts, possibly willow. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining over one or two warps, at the rim there are three closely spaced plain twined rows. The rim is closely trimmed. There is some wrapping around the end of the basket, 1/4 wide. The warps are primarily parallel, and new warps are tightly bound to old warps. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket sightly undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12170, described as Old plate form openwork basket. In good condition, just dirty. Plain twining; weft ends turned upwards to parallel warp. 3 rows at top more closely woven. A small piece of cotton fabric is tied on the edge at one point. Tag "1302". Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket bowl. Crossed warp start, perpendicular. Peeled shoots warps and wefts, perahps willow. Starting at the starting knot: there is plain twining to the rim where there are three closer spaced plain twined rows. The rim is trimmed, with some warps extending 1/16th of an inch above the rim The warps are primarily parallel, and new warps are tightly bound to old warps. The basket does not undulate. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12116, described as Very old twined plate form basket. Dirty and worn from usage. Close twining; 7 cm radius from basket start is 3-strand twining; also one row about 4 cm down from rim, and one row 4.5 cm down; also the top row. The rest of basket is plain twining. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Small twined bowl, heavily used, with food residue on the interior and exterior of the basket. The basket has a crossed warp start. The warps are a peeled shoot. The weft material is conifer root. There is no weft overlay. From the starting knot there are 2 2/3 inches of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining at the rim. The rim is trimmed, with the majority of the warp sticks extending above the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right of slant of weft twist. The basket has an exterior workface. The basket has some undulation.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12169, described as Per Ralph Shanks and Justin Underhill: 3 tags with cat #, 1 with Wailaki large open-work tray, 3-4 inches in height. It has been broken and repaired in 5 places, the repairs appear to be native, 2 repairs done with string and 3 done with the weft material. Basket is used with a great deal of food debris. Cross-warp start with plain twining to the rim. At the rim there are 4 open-work weft rows that are more closely spaced than the rest of the basket. The materials appear to be peeled shoots but are so stained and coated it is difficult to identify. Warps are neatly trimmed. There is an exterior work face with a rightward work direction. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right. There is some undulation. Old plate form openwork basket. Coated with grime from usage. Several breaks, 3 roughly sewn together; edge held together in 3 places with a fiber twine. Plain twining; weft ends turned up to parallel a warp strand. 3 rows at top twined more closely together than the rest.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12074, described as Old plain twined plate form basket. Four rows closely twined at rim, crudely sewn over later; a gap in the edge was repaired by crude coiling. Weft ends turned to form additional warps, or parallel existing warps. Openwork, flat. Tag: "Wailki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket bowl. Crossed warp start, perpendicular. Peeled shoots warps and wefts, with a different type of unpeeled shoot repairs. Starting at the starting knot: there is plain twining over two warps for three rows, followed by plain twining over one or two warps, at the rim there are three closer spaced plain twined rows. The rim is closely trimmed. The warps are primarily parallel, and new warps are tightly bound to old warps. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket does not undulate. The is a burn at the rim, perhaps resulting in the repair at the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12083, described as Plate form openwork basket. Looks in good condition. Plain twining. Weft ends turned to parallel a warp up to the top. 3 rows more closely twined at the top. Tag: "Wailaki", second tag "1071". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket tray. Crossed warp start, perpendicular. Peeled shoot warps and wefts, probably willow. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining over one or two warps, at the rim there are three closely spaced plain twined rows. The rim is closely trimmed. The warps are primarily parallel, and new warps are tightly bound to old warps. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket does not undulate.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12077, described as Openwork plain twined plate form basket. Fragile, very grimy from use, worn, 1 break in edge. Much of top row gone. 3 top rows closely twined; weft ends turned upwards to become warps or parallel existing warps. Two labels "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring openwork plain twined basket, used, with food residue. Crossed warp start. The warps and wefts are willow or some other peeled shoot. The plain twining is over multiple warps for the 3/4 inch. The warps are primarily parallel. The last three weft rows are closely spaced. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12187, described as Small old plate form coiled basket. Very grimy from use, quite worn. 2 breaks stitched, one not. 2 vertical designs, repeated; red triangle, outlined by a larger red triangle, sits on the apex of another triangle of this type below it; the other design is a red diamond balanced on a point (vertically) on a red triangle balanced on its apex. Both designs repeated 4 times. Two tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Small coiled bowl, heavily used during food processing. The starting knot is tight. The coil foundation is rod and splint. The weft material is unknown; the designs are possibly in redbud. There are no random rectangles in the design. The basket has a rightward work direction, with a down to the right of slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are both concealed and clipped. The basket has an exterior workface.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12185, described as Globose coiled basket. In good condition. Row of vertically elongated triangles below rim. Other designs are gradually up and down steps. 3 small marks on bottom. Designs in red. Tag "Wailaki att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket bowl, with no residue. Twined start, slightly indented. Three rod foundation of peeled shoots. Redbud wefts, both peeled and unpeeled. The overall design is four horizontal bands of undulating steps, with a horizontal band of triangles at the rim. There are three U shaped designs at the base. There are no random rectangles. The rim is wrapped, with an inch long tapered ending. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and a mixed slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are clipped and concealed; the moving ends are concealed and clipped. There are about 90% split stitches on the interior and about 50% split on the exterior. There is a hair woven into the basket, one coil row below the rim finish.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12201, described as Plate form openwork basket with herring bone border. Dirty from use. A hole sewn with cotton twine. Plain twined; warp ends twined over each other to form rim. About half of rim is missing; handle missing. Samuel Barrett field notes "batu seed beater." Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket bowl, used, with residue. The warps and wefts are peeled shoots. There is a patch on the side of the bowl, with commercial string. Crossed warp start, perpendicular warp sticks. The basket is plain twined all the way to the rim, where the warp sticks are brought up and bound down on the interior of the basket. The rim finish is in a style of herringbone, with one side larger than the other. There is an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. This is not a seed beater per Ralph Shanks.