Storage basket

Museum number:
1-230661
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Twined. Large globular basket with 6 vertical designs which are geometric designs with sawtooth edges. Upper and lower part of design are darker than center part. Broken zigzag within each design. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, in the shape of a storage basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft background material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with red dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern overlay designs. From the starting knot there is one 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim, which is trimmed. The main design is six vertical zigzags with triangles on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single sided, on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwest California.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Alameda; Berkeley
Culture or time period:
Klamath River Tribes
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
ca. 1915
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Non - traditional shape, probably made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 40 centimeters and height 28 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-230661, described as Twined. Large globular basket with 6 vertical designs which are geometric designs with sawtooth edges. Upper and lower part of design are darker than center part. Broken zigzag within each design. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, in the shape of a storage basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft background material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with red dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern overlay designs. From the starting knot there is one 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim, which is trimmed. The main design is six vertical zigzags with triangles on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single sided, on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwest California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-230661, described as Twined. Large globular basket with 6 vertical designs which are geometric designs with sawtooth edges. Upper and lower part of design are darker than center part. Broken zigzag within each design. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, in the shape of a storage basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft background material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with red dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern overlay designs. From the starting knot there is one 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim, which is trimmed. The main design is six vertical zigzags with triangles on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single sided, on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwest California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-230661, described as Twined. Large globular basket with 6 vertical designs which are geometric designs with sawtooth edges. Upper and lower part of design are darker than center part. Broken zigzag within each design. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, in the shape of a storage basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft background material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with red dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern overlay designs. From the starting knot there is one 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim, which is trimmed. The main design is six vertical zigzags with triangles on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single sided, on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwest California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-230661, described as Twined. Large globular basket with 6 vertical designs which are geometric designs with sawtooth edges. Upper and lower part of design are darker than center part. Broken zigzag within each design. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, in the shape of a storage basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft background material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass, with red dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern overlay designs. From the starting knot there is one 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim, which is trimmed. The main design is six vertical zigzags with triangles on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single sided, on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwest California.

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