Object name: Cooking basket / Collection place: Baird (historic place), Shasta County, California - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2306, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red color is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) dyed in Alder (Alnus rubra). Twined, globular shape. Dusty. All overlay except bottom. White, alder red and black with 2-faced overlay. Two horizontal zigzag bands of red and black stacked parallelograms dominate. 3-strand twining: one row at basket rim, from start out about 3.5 cm radius, 2 rows at 4.5 cm from start, 2 rows at 8 cm from start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2301, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder (Alnus rubra). Bowl-shaped. Twined, mostly plain weave. 2-faced overlay, red on white ground. Three-strand twined from the start out for 2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16569, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Very small, deep, twined. Dirty from use. Globular shape. Mainly overlay; redbud on white, 2-faced; horizontally zigzagging parallelograms. Mostly plain weave. 3-strand twining for 1.5 cm radius from start; also approximately 3-3.5 cm from start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16562, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Mush boiler; "(large, deep, twined)" added in pen. Bottom and inside extremely grimy from use. 2-faced white overlay. Serrated horizontal zigzag band. Plain twined except for 2 cm radius at start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2308, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Dirty and worn from usage. Cylindrical shape. Very flexible. White 2-faced overlay designs; two thin stripes at top; horizontal bands, two of connected triangles and two of connected diamonds; with a repeating angled motif between the 2 band areas. Mostly plain twined. 3-strand twined for approximately 9 cm radius from start, and two rows at approximately 12 cm from start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2303, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Twined; globular shape. Dusty. Wide design band. White overlay ground, with horizontally striped quadrilaterals stacked in threes. Black maidenhair fern overlay. 2-faced overlay; top row of basket is 3-strand twining, the next two are twill twined, and the fourth is 3-strand. There are also 4 areas of 3-strand twining on the bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16564, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Small, deep; narrow at top. Globular shape. Caked with grime from use. Mostly plain twined; covered with 2-faced overlay; white, with red parallel stepped stripes in bands. 3-strand twining occurs for 4.5 cm radius from start; 3 rows at approximately 6.5- 7 cm from start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2299, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder (Alnus rubra). Somewhat globular upper portion overlaid in white with red alder design. Some 3-strand twining on bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16560, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Mush boiler; "(large, deep, twined)" added in pen. Globular shape. Worn from use. Heavily coated with grime. Parts of rim gone. All overlaid except bottom. 2-faced overlay. Diagonally stacked dark quadrilaterals zigzag on white ground. Double white line runs through the center of zigzag. Mostly plain twined. 3-strand twining occurs for 8 cm radius from start.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2300, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Slaix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). In very good condition. Almost completely plain twining, overlain with black and white; the "foot" design, in 2-faced overlay. Bottom of basket has concentric rings, white and 3-strand twining alternating. 1 row of 3-strand twining at basket rim.