Object name: Mortar basket / Object class: Culinary equipment and supplies / Collection place: Round Valley, Mendocino County, California - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object name Mortar basket Object class Culinary equipment and supplies Collection place Round Valley, Mendocino County, California

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11968, described as Old mortar hopper basket. Tag "Yuki". Tag stapled to basket "1132" Per Ralph Shanks: Mortar hopper basket, used, with wear. The start is missing. The warps are a peeled shoot, probably dogwood. The weft appears to conifer root, although the exterior of the basket is unusually dark, probably dyed. The first three to four rows are coiled, with peeled and unpeeled redbud wefts; there is leather at the first row lashed on. The coil rows are possibly a repair or add on. The coils are followed by three rows of three strand twining, followed by a half inch of plain twining, followed by an exterior reinforcing rod lashed on with leather, followed by two rows of three strand twining, followed by two inches of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining separated by two weft rows of plain twining. Plain twining continues to the rim, the last weft row is three strand twining. The warps are clipped at the rim. The rim reinforcing rod is attached to the interior through wrapping of probably grapevine, alternating dark and light every four to seven inches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12094, described as Mortar basket; grimy from usage. Hoop lashed with buckskin to inside of edge to form rim; another hoop lattice-twined to outside approximately 4 cm from bottom edge. Mainly plain twining; 3-strand twining only occurs from bottom to lower hoop, then next row above. At 2.5-4.5 cm below top is one row of 3-strand twining, then 2 plain rows below; this repeats and ends with a 3-strand twined row. At 10-13 cm below rim is one 3-strand row alternating twice with a plain row and ending with a 3-strand row. Two tags: "Wailkaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used, with food residue. The start has been removed. The warps are a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root with no overlay. There is leather lashing at the rim and two large reinforcing rods. From the base there is three strand twining, variably over one to two warps, followed by a lattice twined reinforcing rod on the exterior, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by three alternating plain and three strand twining weft rows, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining alternating with two weft rows of plain twining, followed by plain twining for 1-2 inches to the rim, which is closely trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod lashed on with buckskin on the interior of the rim. The lashing is in typical southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. There has been a small additional rod added in at one side of the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-754, described as Mortar basket; worn and grimy from use. Hoop lashed with buckskin thong to inside of rim. 2-faced overlay; black and white dotted horizontal lines near top (2). Mainly plain twining. 3 strand twining from bottom about 6 cm up; then a hoop lattice- twined to outside; then 2 rows of 3-strand twining, one row plain twining, and one more row of 3-strand twining; 2 rows of 3-strand twining about 10 cm down from the rim. Two tags: "Wailaki".

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-753, described as Basket sieve; coated with grime. Coiled. Designs: 2 rows of alternating red and light stitches at the top, a band of red zigzags, another 2 rows of alternate-colored stitches, and one row of red. Two tags: "Wailaki" Per Ralph Shanks: Food processing basket with flaring sides, used, with food remains. The start is tightly coiled, with no indentation. The warps are peeled shoot rods and splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with the end missing. There are horizontal bands of designs, a horizontal zigzag framed above and below by checkered bands. There are about 10 Yuki-style random rectangles. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. Most of the stitches are not split. The fag ends and moving ends are sometimes concealed and sometimes bound under. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. This basket could be either Wailaki or Yuki based on the style, materials, and techniques used.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12054, described as Fragment of mortar basket. Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Yuki mortar hopper fragment, twined. Is apparently Huchnam and therefore exceedingly rare. There is no start. Foundation material is peeled shoot (unknown species), the background weft material is split baked pine root with designs in peeled strips of redbud. The twining techniques, starting from the base there is 2-3 weft rows of lattice twining covered with trade cordage, followed by a single weft row of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to a redbud reinforcing rod lashed to the exterior of the basket, followed by 3 inches of plain twining followed by 6 weft rows of lattice twining followed by 2 inches of plain twining followed by 5 weft rows of lattice twining followed by 0.5 inches of plain twining followed by a reinforcing rod made of peeled shoot that is sewn on to the rim using redbud (possibly). The design is made up of 2 horizontal bands above the bottom reinforcing rod that is made up of red and white rectangles. 1.5 inches up from reinforcing rod near bottom is a horizontal zigzag band done in redbud. This design repeats itself between the 2 bands of lattice twining. The workface is on the exterior, the work direction is indeterminate but probably to the right. Slant of weft twist is down and to the right and 2 native repairs are evident done in native cordage. The basket is definitely not Yuki or Pomo.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11896, described as Mortar basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood (Cornus florida), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Willow hoop (Salix) bound with grape (Vitus californica). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11898, described as Very old hemispherical parching basket with bottom missing. Tags: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Wide coiled bowl, with a missing base, used for parching and possibly as a mortar hopper. It has staining and residue. It does not have reinforcing rods like a typical Yuki mortar hopper, but may have been used as one after the base was broken. The start is missing. The warp is splints with a peeled shoot rod. The weft material is redbud, both peeled and unpeeled. The design is horizontal rectangles, 45 wefts long, stepped diagonally. There are also random rectangles. The rim is damaged, less than 50% remaining. The remnants are plain wrapped with an alternating pattern of peeled and unpeeled redbud rim ticks. The weft fag ends are bound down or clipped, and the weft moving ends are concealed. 50% of the wefts are split on the interior, less than 10% are split on the exterior. The wefts are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface. It has a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12072, described as Mortar basket, grimy from usage. End of rim hoop now secured by buckskin thong. White overlay designs in horizontal bands. From top: connected diamonds, zigzag, chevrons, and two dotted bands. 2-faced overlay. Large hoop sewn on inside to form rim lower hoop lattice-stitched to outside approximately 7 cm from bottom. Mostly plain weave; one row of 3-strand twining at the bottom, then 3 rows plain, 4 rows 3-strand, 3 rows plain, 3 rows 3-strand, 3 rows plain, hoop, then all plain twining above. Tags "Wailaki". Tag "1005" stapled to basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket with flaring sides, used. The start is missing. The diameter of the hole is 5.5 inches. The warps are peeled shoots. The wefts are conifer root and a design overlay of beargrass. The basket starts with two rows of three strand twining, followed by three rows of plain twining, followed by four rows of three strand twining, followed by three rows of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining, followed by one row of lattice twining with one rod, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim has a small area of exposed warps followed by two rows of plain twining, sometimes over two warps. Through this gap the wrapping for the reinforcing rod is threaded. A leather strap is wrapped on one edge. The design is in horizontal bands: two bands of checkered beargrass, followed by a band of chevrons, followed by a band of zigzags, followed by a band of diamonds. The overlay is irregularly double-sided, with the main design on the exterior. The basket undulates. There is an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11886, described as Mortar basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood (Cornus florida), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Willow hoop (Salix) bound with grape (Vitus californica), lowest rounds coated with Redbud bark.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12056, described as Mortar basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used with some debris and use wear at base. The basket start is missing. The warp material is a peeled shoot. The background wefts are sedge root and the weft design material is unpeeled redbud and the backside (white side) of redbud. The basket is lattice twined up to the last three weft rows, which are plain twined, followed by one row of plain twining over two warps. The design has three elements, starting near the base there are two parallel bands, followed by two bands of alternating unpeeled and flipped white redbud rectangles, followed by one band of differing sized rectangles of the same material. There is a break/ dau in each of the designs. The rim is wrapped with a tan peeled shoot. The warps are trimmed at the rim. There is a reinforcing rod wrapped on the top interior of the rim. There are four groups of three to four rim wrapping/reinforcing stiches that extend five weft rows below the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, techniques, and Barrett's documentation this basket is Huchnom.