Basket

Museum number:
1-20808
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010020808
Alternate number:
44 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Openwork, twined. Made of hazel twigs. Tag "Eel River". Second tag "Northwest California". Third tag "44". Fourth tag "No. 44 property of Mrs. George H. Taylor, Fresno, Cal." Fifth tag "Klamath River Tribes att." Sixth tag "44". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket. The basket has two pairs of 4 crossed warps at the starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root at the base, and possibly hazel for the rest of the basket. At the base there is plain twining to the edge, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to the rim. The warp sticks are crossed at the top row, as well as a few other areas on the basket. At the rim the basket has two closer spaced rows of wefts. At the rim the warps are bent and then woven into a herringbone pattern, bound down to the interior, and then cut. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot based on the Eel River collection area and the smooth weaving of the basket.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Eel River, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Eel River
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 7.5 inches and length 9.125 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-20808, described as Openwork, twined. Made of hazel twigs. Tag "Eel River". Second tag "Northwest California". Third tag "44". Fourth tag "No. 44 property of Mrs. George H. Taylor, Fresno, Cal." Fifth tag "Klamath River Tribes att." Sixth tag "44". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket. The basket has two pairs of 4 crossed warps at the starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root at the base, and possibly hazel for the rest of the basket. At the base there is plain twining to the edge, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to the rim. The warp sticks are crossed at the top row, as well as a few other areas on the basket. At the rim the basket has two closer spaced rows of wefts. At the rim the warps are bent and then woven into a herringbone pattern, bound down to the interior, and then cut. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot based on the Eel River collection area and the smooth weaving of the basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-20808, described as Openwork, twined. Made of hazel twigs. Tag "Eel River". Second tag "Northwest California". Third tag "44". Fourth tag "No. 44 property of Mrs. George H. Taylor, Fresno, Cal." Fifth tag "Klamath River Tribes att." Sixth tag "44". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket. The basket has two pairs of 4 crossed warps at the starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root at the base, and possibly hazel for the rest of the basket. At the base there is plain twining to the edge, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to the rim. The warp sticks are crossed at the top row, as well as a few other areas on the basket. At the rim the basket has two closer spaced rows of wefts. At the rim the warps are bent and then woven into a herringbone pattern, bound down to the interior, and then cut. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot based on the Eel River collection area and the smooth weaving of the basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20808, described as Openwork, twined. Made of hazel twigs. Tag "Eel River". Second tag "Northwest California". Third tag "44". Fourth tag "No. 44 property of Mrs. George H. Taylor, Fresno, Cal." Fifth tag "Klamath River Tribes att." Sixth tag "44". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket. The basket has two pairs of 4 crossed warps at the starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root at the base, and possibly hazel for the rest of the basket. At the base there is plain twining to the edge, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to the rim. The warp sticks are crossed at the top row, as well as a few other areas on the basket. At the rim the basket has two closer spaced rows of wefts. At the rim the warps are bent and then woven into a herringbone pattern, bound down to the interior, and then cut. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot based on the Eel River collection area and the smooth weaving of the basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20808, described as Openwork, twined. Made of hazel twigs. Tag "Eel River". Second tag "Northwest California". Third tag "44". Fourth tag "No. 44 property of Mrs. George H. Taylor, Fresno, Cal." Fifth tag "Klamath River Tribes att." Sixth tag "44". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket. The basket has two pairs of 4 crossed warps at the starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root at the base, and possibly hazel for the rest of the basket. At the base there is plain twining to the edge, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to the rim. The warp sticks are crossed at the top row, as well as a few other areas on the basket. At the rim the basket has two closer spaced rows of wefts. At the rim the warps are bent and then woven into a herringbone pattern, bound down to the interior, and then cut. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot based on the Eel River collection area and the smooth weaving of the basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20808, described as Openwork, twined. Made of hazel twigs. Tag "Eel River". Second tag "Northwest California". Third tag "44". Fourth tag "No. 44 property of Mrs. George H. Taylor, Fresno, Cal." Fifth tag "Klamath River Tribes att." Sixth tag "44". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket. The basket has two pairs of 4 crossed warps at the starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root at the base, and possibly hazel for the rest of the basket. At the base there is plain twining to the edge, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to the rim. The warp sticks are crossed at the top row, as well as a few other areas on the basket. At the rim the basket has two closer spaced rows of wefts. At the rim the warps are bent and then woven into a herringbone pattern, bound down to the interior, and then cut. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot based on the Eel River collection area and the smooth weaving of the basket.

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