Sifting tray

Museum number:
1-12052
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1295 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Small plate form sifting basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, used for sifting. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation is mixed three rod and splint. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. There are 1 1/2 inches of wefts at the start that appears to be sedge or some other material. The design is two pairs of vertical triangle like shapes on opposite sides of the basket. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing, and was cut. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under and some are trimmed. The moving ends are primarily concealed and some are clipped. About half of the stitches are split on the back face, and are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Coiled weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Sifting basket
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 6.5 centimeters and diameter 27.5 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 102: wunumo'l" Photo: 15-4973. Published: AAE XXIV, 9, Pl 121 B. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 90.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12052, described as Small plate form sifting basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, used for sifting. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation is mixed three rod and splint. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. There are 1 1/2 inches of wefts at the start that appears to be sedge or some other material. The design is two pairs of vertical triangle like shapes on opposite sides of the basket. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing, and was cut. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under and some are trimmed. The moving ends are primarily concealed and some are clipped. About half of the stitches are split on the back face, and are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12052, described as Small plate form sifting basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, used for sifting. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation is mixed three rod and splint. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. There are 1 1/2 inches of wefts at the start that appears to be sedge or some other material. The design is two pairs of vertical triangle like shapes on opposite sides of the basket. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing, and was cut. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under and some are trimmed. The moving ends are primarily concealed and some are clipped. About half of the stitches are split on the back face, and are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12052, described as Small plate form sifting basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, used for sifting. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation is mixed three rod and splint. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. There are 1 1/2 inches of wefts at the start that appears to be sedge or some other material. The design is two pairs of vertical triangle like shapes on opposite sides of the basket. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing, and was cut. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under and some are trimmed. The moving ends are primarily concealed and some are clipped. About half of the stitches are split on the back face, and are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12052, described as Small plate form sifting basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, used for sifting. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation is mixed three rod and splint. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. There are 1 1/2 inches of wefts at the start that appears to be sedge or some other material. The design is two pairs of vertical triangle like shapes on opposite sides of the basket. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing, and was cut. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under and some are trimmed. The moving ends are primarily concealed and some are clipped. About half of the stitches are split on the back face, and are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.

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