Collection place: Van Duzen River, Humboldt County, California / Materials: Conifer root / Taxon: Corylus cornuta californica - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 1-10519, described as Basketry dipper. The warp elements are hazel and the weft is a kind of root. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry dipper, used, with food/ acorn mush residue. Crossed warp starting knot, dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. Probably willow (Salix) or hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) warps and conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for ⅓ inch, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining followed 1 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by ¾ inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, and followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates slightly. The staining on the basket is uneven, perhaps because the basket was held at one end and the other end was dipped into the acorn mush.

Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-10520, described as Basketry bowl. The weft is alder (Alnus) root and Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Design composed of horizontally repeating triangles. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined soup bowl, used. The materials are hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) or willow warps with a conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts and a beargrass overlay. There is a crossed warp starting knot. Beginning at the starting knot there is 1 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 3 inches, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by five weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining up to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main overlay design is two horizontal design bands of beargrass, with outlines of triangles separated by a plain horizontal band in-between. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is predominately on the exterior. The surface slightly undulates.