Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-223994
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1773
Description:
Twined. Light colored designs of trapezoids and triangles. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and probably red dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of a three weft rows of plain twining with one reinforcing rod wrapped with a dark material. The main design is stepped parallelograms, finished with a trapezoid and triangle at the top and bottom. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is primarily single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.
Donor:
Estate of Howard Alden Judy
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Howard Alden Judy
Collection date:
1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 4 inches and diameter 5.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-223994, described as Twined. Light colored designs of trapezoids and triangles. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and probably red dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of a three weft rows of plain twining with one reinforcing rod wrapped with a dark material. The main design is stepped parallelograms, finished with a trapezoid and triangle at the top and bottom. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is primarily single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-223994, described as Twined. Light colored designs of trapezoids and triangles. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and probably red dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of a three weft rows of plain twining with one reinforcing rod wrapped with a dark material. The main design is stepped parallelograms, finished with a trapezoid and triangle at the top and bottom. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is primarily single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-223994, described as Twined. Light colored designs of trapezoids and triangles. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and probably red dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of a three weft rows of plain twining with one reinforcing rod wrapped with a dark material. The main design is stepped parallelograms, finished with a trapezoid and triangle at the top and bottom. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is primarily single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-223994, described as Twined. Light colored designs of trapezoids and triangles. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and probably red dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of a three weft rows of plain twining with one reinforcing rod wrapped with a dark material. The main design is stepped parallelograms, finished with a trapezoid and triangle at the top and bottom. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is primarily single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.

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