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Start Over Object class Herringbone Collection place North America
Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11961, described as Hemispherical coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Wide- mouthed coiled basket bowl, the same shape and size as a typical Yuki cooking bowl. It has food residue in it but no evidence of cooking, it could have been used as a sifter. The basket has a pinhole start. The coil foundation is mixed rods and splints. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The design is six horizontal bands with varying widths, a few with open and closed rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is broken, but several herringbone stitches are left. The weft fag ends are a mixture of clipped and concealed. The weft moving ends are concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has up to 80% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a primarily down to the right slant of weft twist.
Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-70119, described as Coiled, deep tray. Tag: "Mission Type" "Snake". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in shape of winnower; made for sale. Materials include a deergrass bundle foundation and orange, tan, and black dyed juncus wefts. The primary design is a coiled rattlesnake. The workface is on the inside. The wefts are bound under and the work direction is to the right. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a half inch long herringbone finish.

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