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Start Over Object name Burden basket Object class Coiled weaving
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12119, described as Very old burden basket. Fragile. Caked with grime (tarweed?), worn. Hoop broken in 3 places; hole in bottom repaired by crude coiling. Warps broken in one place. Conical shape, plain twined except bottom 7 cm that is 3-strand twining. Hoop lashed to rim with buckskin. Also buckskin sewing at overlap of 2 sticks, splitshoot sewing over a break. White 2-faced (?) overlay design obscured by grime; all of the plain twined area had design of zigzagging stepped parallelograms (?). Per Ralph Shanks: Twined burden basket, used. The original starting knot is partially missing and there is a lighter replacement material coiled at the base. The basket has peeled shoot warps with conifer root wefts and beargrass overlay. From the bottom of the basket above the repair there is three strand twining for 2 1/2 inches, followed by plain twining the rim, which is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The rim has a rod attached with leather lashing on the interior. The overlay is primarily single sided, with the primary design on the exterior. The basket slightly undulates; one side is flattened, probably from carrying.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 2-9120, described as Large, coiled, step pattern.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 2-9119, described as Large, coiled, zigzag pattern.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-70112, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has a central design band with a mottled juncus design of tan and orange wefts with bands of black dyed juncus at the top and the bottom. The wefts above and below the design band are sumac. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with the coil ending tapered with some backstitching. The basket is from Southwestern California, the design is common with the Luiseño.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12096, described as Burden basket; somewhat worn and very grimy from use. Conical shape; twined. 2-face overlay designs in white: thin dotted stripe below rim; band of connected right triangles below; dominant design, 3 zigzag bands of something similar to "foot design" of Northwest California; below this, a sort of stripe. A hoop is lashed inside top edge to form rim with buckskin. Carrying strap is part buckskin and part cotton cloth. Bottom of basket was begun with rawhide weft. 3-strand twining and plain twining. Tag: "1083". Three other tags "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden basket, used. Crossed warp start, in a perpendicular style. Warps are a peeled shoot and wefts are conifer root with a beargrass design overlay. There are 1.5 inches of wide three strand twining at the base followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by two rows of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one row of twining over multiple warps in a unique non-linear style, plain twining continues to the rim, where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod held on at the rim by leather lashing, in Southern Humboldt Athabaskan style, as well as coiled peeled and unpeeled shoots. The overlay is irregular, with the primary overlay on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12117, described as Very old burden basket. Quite dirty and worn from use. Two holes stitched up, other cracks. The hoop has been crudely resewn to rim. The bottom 5 cm at the tip have been replaced by rough coiling (the rest of the basket is twined). For 3.5 cm above coiled tip is 3-strand twining. Buckskin strap attached. Basket is conical in shape. Tag: "Wailaki" Per Ralph Shanks: Twined and coiled burden basket, used. Coiled oval start. The basket has a splint coil foundation. On the twined part of the basket the warp material is a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root. Starting at the starting knot there is coiling for 2 1/4 inches followed by 1 inch of three strand twining that has some plain twining in the last row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is folded over into the interior of the basket around a reinforcing rod in some areas. The basket somewhat undulates and has a flat surface, probably where it was worn on the back. The twined work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. The coiling is a rightward direction. The coiled weft twist is down and to the right and the weft fag ends are tucked.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-53638, described as Coiled, red and black design. Tag "S. Calif". Sticker "Unidentified". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The base wefts are sumac; the design wefts are in orange and black-dyed juncus and the background is tan juncus. The rim has six rows of sumac wefts. The design is a broad band outlined by a single coil of black-dyed juncus. In the center of the band is a horizontal diamond chain below that is a zigzag. The workface is on the interior. The work direction is to the right. The basket has bound under as well as clipped weft fag ends. It has a plain wrapped rim. The coil ending has about two inches of herringbone stitches. There is a hair woven into the basket on the side near one of the diamonds. The basket is attributed to the Cahuilla based on the use of clipped and bound under weft fag ends.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-70109, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Glued in tag "Mission Br. 5/37 4.60". Hanging tag "Mission". Per Ralph Shanks: Large coiled flaring burden basket, it shows signs of use. Deergrass bundle foundation. The background wefts are sumac. The design wefts are orange and brown/black dyed juncus. Around the center there is a band of orange juncus, surrounded by step designs, a circle, zigzags and other geometric designs. The basket has an interior workface, rightward work direction, and bound under weft fag ends. The rim is plain wrapped; the coil ending is tapered with some herringbone stitches. A hair is present towards the base on the side with the zigzags.

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