Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled slightly flared shallow basket bowl, not used but with some debris and dirt on the interior. The basket start is unpeeled redbud, twined. The coil foundation is splints and rods of peeled shoots. The wefts are peeled redbud and unpeeled redbud weft designs. The main design three diagonal v shaped quail top not designs and two vertical alternating weft rows of peeled and unpeeled redbud. There are about two random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped, with rim ticks. The rim coil ending is slightly tapered, cut, and has eight diagonal backstitches. The weft fag ends are clipped or bound under. The weft moving ends are concealed. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft interior stitches are 35-40% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. There are two human hairs at the side exterior of the basket. Based on the materials and techniques this basket is Yuki.
Donor:
Henry B. Hickey Jr. and Mrs. H. B. Hickey Jr.
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
H. B. Hickey Sr. and Mrs. H. B. Hickey Sr.
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets, Coiled weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 28.8 centimeters and height 8.1 centimeters