Object name: Sifter basket / Collection place: California / Materials: Alder root - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Sifter basket, accession number 1-10522, described as Flat openwork plain twined acorn sifter. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work twined acorn sifter. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled shoot warps and peeled shoot wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is 1 inch of close plain twining, followed by 3 inches of openwork plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by 2 3/4 inches of plain openwork twining, followed by 1 weft row of close twining over one warp, followed by two weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by one weft row of plain twining over one warp. The warps converge where warp sticks are added, but are otherwise parallel. The rim is trimmed, with the warps extending up to a 1/4 inch above the last weft row. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus).