Object class: Containers for personal gear / Collection place: Baird (historic place), Shasta County, California / Taxon: Pinus sabiniana - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Containers for personal gear Collection place Baird (historic place), Shasta County, California Taxon Pinus sabiniana

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-16542, described as Openwork basket; twined Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Medium size, openwork. One side is totally collapsed; has been smashed. Partly held together by strips of cloth. Extremely fragile. Plain twined; top three rows tightly woven. Warp ends braided to form rim. A hoop is tied to rim with 2 types of cordage and lashed with buckskin thongs and what appear to be shoelaces.