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Start Over Object name Sifter basket Materials Willow (wood) Taxon Salix
Hearst Museum object titled Sifter basket, accession number 1-736, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red-black pattern is Redbud.
Hearst Museum object titled Sifter basket, accession number 1-10523, described as Coarsely woven flattish basket. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Close-twined basket tray, probably not used. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably willow (Salix) warps with peeled willow wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is diagonal twining for 2 inches followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of diagonal twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of predominately diagonal twining, followed by a 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed, with the warp sticks sticking out above the rim. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. There is no overlay. There are variable sized wefts. This basket is not typical of Northwestern California trays.

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