Storage basket

Museum number:
1-11996
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Alternate number:
1167 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Large old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue and burns; it was probably used for both parching and cooking, with evidence of abrasion from cooking stones. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is splints. The background wefts are peeled redbud, and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is four horizontal bands, which have occasional dips that mirror the bands above and below. The rim is plain wrapped in unpeeled redbud. The coil ending is backstitched for two inches, and has a blunt end. The weft fag ends are sometimes clipped, sometimes tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has about 50% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Pit River and Yuki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used for parching.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 44.3 centimeters and height 14.3 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p.64: yuncum used for parching". Photo: 15-4975. Published: AAE XXIV, 9, Pl 122 c. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 92. Per Ruth Merrill: Storage basket; coiled. Warp is Redbud, weft is Redbud. Red pattern is Redbud bark.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11996, described as Large old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue and burns; it was probably used for both parching and cooking, with evidence of abrasion from cooking stones. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is splints. The background wefts are peeled redbud, and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is four horizontal bands, which have occasional dips that mirror the bands above and below. The rim is plain wrapped in unpeeled redbud. The coil ending is backstitched for two inches, and has a blunt end. The weft fag ends are sometimes clipped, sometimes tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has about 50% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11996, described as Large old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue and burns; it was probably used for both parching and cooking, with evidence of abrasion from cooking stones. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is splints. The background wefts are peeled redbud, and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is four horizontal bands, which have occasional dips that mirror the bands above and below. The rim is plain wrapped in unpeeled redbud. The coil ending is backstitched for two inches, and has a blunt end. The weft fag ends are sometimes clipped, sometimes tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has about 50% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11996, described as Large old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue and burns; it was probably used for both parching and cooking, with evidence of abrasion from cooking stones. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is splints. The background wefts are peeled redbud, and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is four horizontal bands, which have occasional dips that mirror the bands above and below. The rim is plain wrapped in unpeeled redbud. The coil ending is backstitched for two inches, and has a blunt end. The weft fag ends are sometimes clipped, sometimes tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has about 50% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11996, described as Large old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue and burns; it was probably used for both parching and cooking, with evidence of abrasion from cooking stones. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is splints. The background wefts are peeled redbud, and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is four horizontal bands, which have occasional dips that mirror the bands above and below. The rim is plain wrapped in unpeeled redbud. The coil ending is backstitched for two inches, and has a blunt end. The weft fag ends are sometimes clipped, sometimes tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has about 50% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

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