Collection place: Mad River, Humboldt County, California / Function: 1.5 Household - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-214293, described as Twined, partly openwork. Black designs on light ground; composed of bands of alternating triangles.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10539, described as Plate and sifter basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica),

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10568, described as Very shallow, old dipping basket. Material is alder root.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10569, described as Basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus rubra). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10536, described as Small, old, 3-rod coiled basket with design in redbud.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry tray, accession number 1-28562, described as Tightly twined basketry tray. White, 2-faced overlay designs. Design composed of dotted stripes, triangles, zigzag patterns. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with a beargrass overlay and one cotton string towards the rim. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining to 1 1/2 inches below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The design is two horizontal bands of zigzags followed by a horizontal row of triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on both faces. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 1-24339, described as Covered with basketry work. Tag "Klamath R. tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass liquor bottle. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft design overlay is maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia with a beargrass background. Starting after the starting knot, there is .5 inch of three strand twining followed by 1 inch of plain twining followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues after that all of the way up to the neck where the .25 inch is three strand twining. The main design has a border of two horizontal rows of triangles. Between those rows are diamonds in red dyed woodwardia. The rim is trimmed. The lid has a crossed warp starting knot, covered with beargrass. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California. Mad River is mentioned as a possible area of collection, if so this basket may be Wiyot. Klamath River is also mentioned as a possible area of collection, if so then the basket would most likely be Yurok.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10542, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10576, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-10541, described as Soaproot, fibre brush or comb.