Basket

Museum number:
1-211519
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010211519
Alternate number:
20 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1188
Description:
Openwork twined wall-basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork wall-pocket/ basket pouch, made for sale. The warp material is probably willow. The basket has conifer root wefts, and the rim is wrapped in beargrass and redbud. The basket has alternating rows of plain twining and parallel warp openwork. The uppermost row of openwork is crossed warp openwork. The rim is two rows of plain twining and at least two reinforcing rods wrapped in beargrass and redbud. The basket has a rightward work direction, with rows of up to the right alternating with rows of down to the right slant of weft twist. There is a hair woven into the basket. The basket is from Northern California based on the use of redbud this may not be from Northwestern California.
Donor:
Thad W. Stevens
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Northern California tribes
Collector:
Salina Davidson
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 32 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-211519, described as Openwork twined wall-basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork wall-pocket/ basket pouch, made for sale. The warp material is probably willow. The basket has conifer root wefts, and the rim is wrapped in beargrass and redbud. The basket has alternating rows of plain twining and parallel warp openwork. The uppermost row of openwork is crossed warp openwork. The rim is two rows of plain twining and at least two reinforcing rods wrapped in beargrass and redbud. The basket has a rightward work direction, with rows of up to the right alternating with rows of down to the right slant of weft twist. There is a hair woven into the basket. The basket is from Northern California based on the use of redbud this may not be from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-211519, described as Openwork twined wall-basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork wall-pocket/ basket pouch, made for sale. The warp material is probably willow. The basket has conifer root wefts, and the rim is wrapped in beargrass and redbud. The basket has alternating rows of plain twining and parallel warp openwork. The uppermost row of openwork is crossed warp openwork. The rim is two rows of plain twining and at least two reinforcing rods wrapped in beargrass and redbud. The basket has a rightward work direction, with rows of up to the right alternating with rows of down to the right slant of weft twist. There is a hair woven into the basket. The basket is from Northern California based on the use of redbud this may not be from Northwestern California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-211519, described as Openwork twined wall-basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork wall-pocket/ basket pouch, made for sale. The warp material is probably willow. The basket has conifer root wefts, and the rim is wrapped in beargrass and redbud. The basket has alternating rows of plain twining and parallel warp openwork. The uppermost row of openwork is crossed warp openwork. The rim is two rows of plain twining and at least two reinforcing rods wrapped in beargrass and redbud. The basket has a rightward work direction, with rows of up to the right alternating with rows of down to the right slant of weft twist. There is a hair woven into the basket. The basket is from Northern California based on the use of redbud this may not be from Northwestern California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-211519, described as Openwork twined wall-basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork wall-pocket/ basket pouch, made for sale. The warp material is probably willow. The basket has conifer root wefts, and the rim is wrapped in beargrass and redbud. The basket has alternating rows of plain twining and parallel warp openwork. The uppermost row of openwork is crossed warp openwork. The rim is two rows of plain twining and at least two reinforcing rods wrapped in beargrass and redbud. The basket has a rightward work direction, with rows of up to the right alternating with rows of down to the right slant of weft twist. There is a hair woven into the basket. The basket is from Northern California based on the use of redbud this may not be from Northwestern California.

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