Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-164143
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1780
Description:
Twined openwork serving basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes At." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, bowl shaped. The basket has an unusually wide spaced crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material are probably hazel. There is one small burn and some organic material on the interior. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced up to a .5 inch apart. The first several weft rows as well as the last two weft rows are closely spaced. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Donor:
Mrs. Robert Griesche
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Mrs. Robert Griesche
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1963
Context of use:
Salmon serving basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 28 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164143, described as Twined openwork serving basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes At." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, bowl shaped. The basket has an unusually wide spaced crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material are probably hazel. There is one small burn and some organic material on the interior. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced up to a .5 inch apart. The first several weft rows as well as the last two weft rows are closely spaced. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164143, described as Twined openwork serving basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes At." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, bowl shaped. The basket has an unusually wide spaced crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material are probably hazel. There is one small burn and some organic material on the interior. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced up to a .5 inch apart. The first several weft rows as well as the last two weft rows are closely spaced. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164143, described as Twined openwork serving basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes At." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, bowl shaped. The basket has an unusually wide spaced crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material are probably hazel. There is one small burn and some organic material on the interior. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced up to a .5 inch apart. The first several weft rows as well as the last two weft rows are closely spaced. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-164143, described as Twined openwork serving basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes At." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, bowl shaped. The basket has an unusually wide spaced crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material are probably hazel. There is one small burn and some organic material on the interior. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced up to a .5 inch apart. The first several weft rows as well as the last two weft rows are closely spaced. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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