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Start Over Object name Soup bowl Object class Vessels (containers) Taxon Alnus
Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-10579, described as Soup basket; twined. Warp is possibly Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder (Alnus rubra). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).
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.
Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-10566, described as Acorn soup basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder (Alnus).

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