Burden basket

Museum number:
1-28559
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.667
Description:
Openwork burden basket. Bottom repaired. Plain twined, bottom rounded. Several shoots are lashed to inside of rim with buckskin, now reinforced in 2 places with cotton string and a knitted strip of cotton. The stiff leather strap goes around the back of the basket, tied on by thongs. There is also a piece of rope tied to a buckskin loop and a loop tied on rim of gauzy cotton. Three tags: "Nongatl". One tag has Wailaki crossed out. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork burden basket. Crossed warp start, much repaired. Peeled shoots are used warp, weft, and reinforcing rods, possible hazel and other shoots. Parallel warps throughout the basket except at the rim, where there is one row of crossed warps. The rim has braided warps bent to the left and inward. Rightward work direction and up to the right slant of weft twist.
Donor:
Gladys Ayer Nomland and University Appropriation
Collection place:
16-18 miles above Blue Lake, Mad River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mad River; Upper Mad River
Culture or time period:
Nongatl
Collector:
Gladys Ayer Nomland, Minnie Pete, and Will Taggitt
Collection date:
July 1931
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1931
Context of use:
Burden basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 31 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28559, described as Openwork burden basket. Bottom repaired. Plain twined, bottom rounded. Several shoots are lashed to inside of rim with buckskin, now reinforced in 2 places with cotton string and a knitted strip of cotton. The stiff leather strap goes around the back of the basket, tied on by thongs. There is also a piece of rope tied to a buckskin loop and a loop tied on rim of gauzy cotton. Three tags: "Nongatl". One tag has Wailaki crossed out. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork burden basket. Crossed warp start, much repaired. Peeled shoots are used warp, weft, and reinforcing rods, possible hazel and other shoots. Parallel warps throughout the basket except at the rim, where there is one row of crossed warps. The rim has braided warps bent to the left and inward. Rightward work direction and up to the right slant of weft twist.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28559, described as Openwork burden basket. Bottom repaired. Plain twined, bottom rounded. Several shoots are lashed to inside of rim with buckskin, now reinforced in 2 places with cotton string and a knitted strip of cotton. The stiff leather strap goes around the back of the basket, tied on by thongs. There is also a piece of rope tied to a buckskin loop and a loop tied on rim of gauzy cotton. Three tags: "Nongatl". One tag has Wailaki crossed out. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork burden basket. Crossed warp start, much repaired. Peeled shoots are used warp, weft, and reinforcing rods, possible hazel and other shoots. Parallel warps throughout the basket except at the rim, where there is one row of crossed warps. The rim has braided warps bent to the left and inward. Rightward work direction and up to the right slant of weft twist.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28559, described as Openwork burden basket. Bottom repaired. Plain twined, bottom rounded. Several shoots are lashed to inside of rim with buckskin, now reinforced in 2 places with cotton string and a knitted strip of cotton. The stiff leather strap goes around the back of the basket, tied on by thongs. There is also a piece of rope tied to a buckskin loop and a loop tied on rim of gauzy cotton. Three tags: "Nongatl". One tag has Wailaki crossed out. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork burden basket. Crossed warp start, much repaired. Peeled shoots are used warp, weft, and reinforcing rods, possible hazel and other shoots. Parallel warps throughout the basket except at the rim, where there is one row of crossed warps. The rim has braided warps bent to the left and inward. Rightward work direction and up to the right slant of weft twist.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28559, described as Openwork burden basket. Bottom repaired. Plain twined, bottom rounded. Several shoots are lashed to inside of rim with buckskin, now reinforced in 2 places with cotton string and a knitted strip of cotton. The stiff leather strap goes around the back of the basket, tied on by thongs. There is also a piece of rope tied to a buckskin loop and a loop tied on rim of gauzy cotton. Three tags: "Nongatl". One tag has Wailaki crossed out. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork burden basket. Crossed warp start, much repaired. Peeled shoots are used warp, weft, and reinforcing rods, possible hazel and other shoots. Parallel warps throughout the basket except at the rim, where there is one row of crossed warps. The rim has braided warps bent to the left and inward. Rightward work direction and up to the right slant of weft twist.

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