Object class: Twined weaving / Collection place: Lower Klamath River, Humboldt County, California / Function: 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Twined weaving Collection place Lower Klamath River, Humboldt County, California Function 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-3075, described as Openwork plain-twined bowl basket. Rim white, brown etc. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Second tag "NW Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, in the shape of a cradle sunshade. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material is hazel or willow. The rim is wrapped with beargrass, conifer root, and red-dyed woodwardia. On the interior there is one portion of one weft row that has some material with red bark. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced up to approximately 1 inch apart. The rim is covered, with one weft row and several reinforcing rods. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is probably on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Yurok based on the the provenience of "Lower Klamath River".