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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12189, described as Large old plate form coiled basket. Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 109: "tcegat" . Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled cooking basket with flaring sides, used. The start is plain twined, and 3/4 inch in diameter, slightly indented, the basket turns into coiling thereafter. The warps are rods and splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with a tapered ending. There are several horizontal bands of design, with five checkered rows, followed by a mottled band, followed by six solid rows. There are many Yuki-style signature rectangles. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. About a 1/4 of the stitches are split, mostly towards the rim. The fag ends are concealed. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. Coiled Wailaki baskets of this size are very rare.
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 Serving tray, accession number 1-12188, described as Small old plate form coiled basket. Grimy from use. Scattered spots and strips of red. Tag: "Wailaki" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled food serving basket with flaring sides, used, with some food residue. The start is twined, 3/4 inch in diameter. The foundation is made of splints and rods. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with an abrupt ending, with a few over-stitches at the end. There are several Yuki-style rectangles, and no other design. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. 40-50% of stitches are split. The weft fag ends and moving ends are concealed and in some cases trimmed. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface.

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