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Start Over Object class Culinary containers Maker or artist Julia Wood
Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11879, described as Large flaring coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket Yuki cooking bowl, with residue from food and wear from cooking. The bottom 2/3rds of the exterior of the basket are blackened. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation is two rods and splints of peeled shoots. The wefts are peeled redbud with unpeeled redbud designs. The design on the basket is three horizontal bands that drop down and go up at the same areas. There are no random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped, with rim ticks. The coil ending is cut off, with about three weft stiches missing. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped or concealed. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The exterior has below 10% split stiches. The interior of the basket has over 50% split stiches. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist. The lack of random rectangles suggests some Wailaki influnce.
Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11878, described as Small flaring coiled basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl, used, with food residue and a few burns. The basket is in the shape of an under-sized Yuki cooking basket. Tight spiral start. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending with one back stitch. The designs are one coil wide horizontal broken lines. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and the majority of wefts have a down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily concealed. The weft moving ends are tucked. The weft stitches are often split.
Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11880, described as Hemispherical flat bottomed coiled basket. Two tags: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Wide brimmed coiled cooking basket. There is some residue on the bottom interior as well as abrasions and two burns on the interior wefts. The starting knot is twined and sewn over. The coil foundation is peeled redbud shoot rods and splints. The weft background is peeled redbud and the weft design is unpeeled redbud. The design is five sets of three horizontal bands of redbud with a break in the design that lines up. There are three unique designs at the breaks, including an area of checkering, near the rim. There are no random rectangles, which is unusual for a Yuki basket. The rim is entirely in unpeeled redbud. The coil ending is blunt with three diagonal overstitches. The weft fag ends are bound under. 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.

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