Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-28597
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.673
Description:
Twined, with incurved rim, concave bottom. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, very indented. The base has no overlay. The warp material is possibly hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is 4 weft rows of three strands twining. After that three inches of plain twining, followed by 3 weft rows of three strand twining. After that there is plain twining until the rim where there is 1weft row of three strand twining followed by two weft rows of plain twining. The design includes a horizontal band of maidenhair fern with vertical lines through it at the base and at the rim. The primary design is a band of maidenhair fern with alternating black and tan triangles. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The rim is trimmed, and is unraveling. The basket is from Northwest California. There is a hair woven into the basket.
Donor:
Frederick J. Moller
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Klamath River Tribes
Collector:
Annie Moller
Collection date:
1875-1930
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1932
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 11.5 centimeters and diameter 8.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28597, described as Twined, with incurved rim, concave bottom. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, very indented. The base has no overlay. The warp material is possibly hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is 4 weft rows of three strands twining. After that three inches of plain twining, followed by 3 weft rows of three strand twining. After that there is plain twining until the rim where there is 1weft row of three strand twining followed by two weft rows of plain twining. The design includes a horizontal band of maidenhair fern with vertical lines through it at the base and at the rim. The primary design is a band of maidenhair fern with alternating black and tan triangles. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The rim is trimmed, and is unraveling. The basket is from Northwest California. There is a hair woven into the basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28597, described as Twined, with incurved rim, concave bottom. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, very indented. The base has no overlay. The warp material is possibly hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is 4 weft rows of three strands twining. After that three inches of plain twining, followed by 3 weft rows of three strand twining. After that there is plain twining until the rim where there is 1weft row of three strand twining followed by two weft rows of plain twining. The design includes a horizontal band of maidenhair fern with vertical lines through it at the base and at the rim. The primary design is a band of maidenhair fern with alternating black and tan triangles. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The rim is trimmed, and is unraveling. The basket is from Northwest California. There is a hair woven into the basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28597, described as Twined, with incurved rim, concave bottom. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, very indented. The base has no overlay. The warp material is possibly hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is 4 weft rows of three strands twining. After that three inches of plain twining, followed by 3 weft rows of three strand twining. After that there is plain twining until the rim where there is 1weft row of three strand twining followed by two weft rows of plain twining. The design includes a horizontal band of maidenhair fern with vertical lines through it at the base and at the rim. The primary design is a band of maidenhair fern with alternating black and tan triangles. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The rim is trimmed, and is unraveling. The basket is from Northwest California. There is a hair woven into the basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28597, described as Twined, with incurved rim, concave bottom. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, very indented. The base has no overlay. The warp material is possibly hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is 4 weft rows of three strands twining. After that three inches of plain twining, followed by 3 weft rows of three strand twining. After that there is plain twining until the rim where there is 1weft row of three strand twining followed by two weft rows of plain twining. The design includes a horizontal band of maidenhair fern with vertical lines through it at the base and at the rim. The primary design is a band of maidenhair fern with alternating black and tan triangles. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The rim is trimmed, and is unraveling. The basket is from Northwest California. There is a hair woven into the basket.

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