Object name: Storage basket / Object class: Coiled weaving / Collection place: Round Valley, Mendocino County, California - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object name Storage basket Object class Coiled weaving Collection place Round Valley, Mendocino County, California

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-12023, described as Small spherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globose storage basket. There are no abrasions or food residue. The basket has a coiled start. The coil foundation is three rod peeled shoots. The wefts are peeled redbud background with unpeeled redbud designs. The design includes diagonal crossed lines. There are no random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped; the rim coil ending is slightly tapered and has 13 diagonal back stitches. The weft fag ends are bound under, clipped, or concealed. The weft moving ends are bound under or concealed. The exterior of the basket has a few split stiches; the interior has a majority of split stiches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. The maker, Lizzie Sain, was half-Yuki half-Wailaki. The basket has features that include both Yuki and Wailaki techniques and materials. The lack of a presence of random design rectangles makes this more similar to a Wailaki made basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11983, described as Coiled basket of truncated cone form. Design in triangles vertically arranged. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad coiled bowl, in the shape of cooking basket. There is food debris and some burns on the interior. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation includes redbud rods and splints. The weft designs are in unpeeled redbud and the design background is in peeled redbud. The design includes four vertical bands of four stacked triangles, pointing to the rim of the basket. At the rim and at the base there is another band of triangles pointing towards each other. There is a small random rectangle. The rim is plain wrapped. The primary design continues to the rim. The rim coil ending is very slightly tapered, with about three back stitches. The rim has a larger diameter coil than the rest of the basket. The weft fag ends are bound under; the weft moving ends are concealed. About 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 Storage basket, accession number 1-11996, described as Large old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue and burns; it was probably used for both parching and cooking, with evidence of abrasion from cooking stones. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is splints. The background wefts are peeled redbud, and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is four horizontal bands, which have occasional dips that mirror the bands above and below. The rim is plain wrapped in unpeeled redbud. The coil ending is backstitched for two inches, and has a blunt end. The weft fag ends are sometimes clipped, sometimes tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has about 50% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-12007, described as Large hemispherical basket used for parching. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad shallow coiled bowl, in the shape of parching basket. There is food debris present. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation includes peeled shoot rods and splints. The weft designs are in unpeeled redbud and the design background is in peeled redbud. The design includes one plain horizontal band at the base followed by two horizontal bands of diamond/ spinning top shaped designs that connect between the bands. There are random rectangles visible on the exterior. The rim is plain wrapped. The design continues to the rim. The rim coil ending has three stitches missing. The weft fag ends are concealed or clipped; the weft moving ends are concealed and some are bound under. About 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 Storage basket, accession number 1-11962, described as Large globose coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "1125". Per Ralph Shanks: Globose coiled basket bowl, probably made for storage, with no residue. Tight spiral coil start. The coil foundation is rods of peeled shoots, with some splints. The wefts are peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The design includes three diagonal series of connected steps. There are random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped and the coil ending has exposed rods. The weft fag ends are clipped, concealed or bound under. The weft moving ends are bound under. The exterior workface has about 15% split stiches. The interior back-face of the basket has about 50% split stiches. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-12026, described as Spherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket bowl, probably made for storage. No residue is visible in the interior. The basket has a sewn over tight spiral start. The coil foundation is three rods of peeled shoots. The background wefts are peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The design on the base is a triangle from which two sets of parallel diagonal rows run across the side of the basket. The rim is plain wrapped with some partially peeled redbud wefts; the rim coil ending is tapered from three rods to two rods foundation and finished with three diagonal backstitches, but no overstitches. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under or clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed. The basket has non-interlocking stitches. The wefts on the exterior are less than 5% split; the wefts on the interior are more than 70% split. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Per Samuel Barrett Lizzie Sain, the weaver of this basket, is 1/2 Yuki 1/2 Wailaki. The basket is made in Wailaki style with practically no random rectangles. There are hairs woven into the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11966, described as Large, deep, straight sided coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl, probably made for storage, with some wear at the interior base but no obvious residue. The basket has an oval coiled start that has been stitched over. The coil foundation is three rods of peeled shoots, with some splints. The wefts are peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The design includes parallel diagonal series of connected rectangles crossing to form a diamond pattern. There are random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped and the coil ending is blunt with two diagonal backstitches. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped, with some bound under. The weft moving ends are concealed. The exterior workface has about 5% split stiches. The interior back-face of the basket has over 95% split stiches. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction and a mixed slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11982, described as Storage basket, coiled; zigzag-like design in redbud; foundation of peeled shoots, whole and split, sewing strands of split redbud shoots (pattern) and maple shoots. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled storage basket. The basket does not show signs of wear or residue. The basket has a twined starting knot. The coil foundation is rod and splint peeled shoots. The wefts are peeled redbud background with designs in unpeeled redbud. The designs are four vertical zigzags starting at the edge of the base extending to the rim. The rim is plain wrapped, with a blunt coil ending with at least six diagonal backstitches. There are rim ticks on some of the rim. There are random rectangles. The weft fag ends are clipped and the weft moving ends are concealed. The wefts are split about 20% of the time on exterior, on the interior the majority of the wefts are split. The basket has an exterior work face, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11965, described as Globose coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globose storage basket. There are no abraisions or food residue. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation is three rod shoots. The wefts are peeled redbud background with unpeeled redbud designs. The design includes diagonal crossed lines, and three triangles with flags at the base. The design is called deer trails by Samuel Barrett's informant Lizzie Chicken. There are a few small random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped; the rim coil ending has 10 back stitches, and the coil ending snapped off. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped, with some concealed. The weft moving ends are concealed. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11963, described as Deep hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "Yuki Coiled technique, storage basket, split willow foundation, sewing in redbud bark and white stems made in Mendocino County in 1906". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled storage basket. There is no residue. The starting knot is coiled and sewn over. The coil foundation is said to be willow splints, per the note with basket. The weft background is peeled redbud and the weft design is unpeeled redbud. The design is two sets of three stepped horizontal bands as well as a design on the base and a one coil wide band and rectangle design four rows below the rim. There are many random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with unpeeled redbud. The rim coil ending is blunt with four diagonal overstitches. The weft fag ends are bound under, with some clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft stiches on the interior are more than 50% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. This basket has typical Yuki style, materials, and techniques.