Object name: Basket start / Object class: Twined weaving / Collection place: California - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket start, accession number 1-235256, described as Twined. Zigzag band near edge. Possibly start for a cap. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket start. Indented crossed warp starting knot, covered with maidenhair fern. The warp material is hazel or willow. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot there is 3/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining. The design is triangles around the start followed by a checkered band. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist, with a rightward work direction. The design overlay is single sided on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket start, accession number 1-148894, described as Close-twined basket start. Sedge root and redbud twined on willow warps.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket start, accession number 1-4466, described as Unfinshed basket; twined. Warp is Pine (Pinus), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). 3 strand.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket start, accession number 1-211594, described as Unfinished twined basket.