Sifter basket

Museum number:
1-10522
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
b 10 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.247
Description:
Flat openwork plain twined acorn sifter. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work twined acorn sifter. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled shoot warps and peeled shoot wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is 1 inch of close plain twining, followed by 3 inches of openwork plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by 2 3/4 inches of plain openwork twining, followed by 1 weft row of close twining over one warp, followed by two weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by one weft row of plain twining over one warp. The warps converge where warp sticks are added, but are otherwise parallel. The rim is trimmed, with the warps extending up to a 1/4 inch above the last weft row. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus).
Donor:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection place:
Bridgeville, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Bridgeville
Culture or time period:
Nongatl
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Alder root and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Alnus and Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Acorn sifter.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 36 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 16" "Called by V. Duzen duttunne
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sifter basket, accession number 1-10522, described as Flat openwork plain twined acorn sifter. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work twined acorn sifter. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled shoot warps and peeled shoot wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is 1 inch of close plain twining, followed by 3 inches of openwork plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by 2 3/4 inches of plain openwork twining, followed by 1 weft row of close twining over one warp, followed by two weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by one weft row of plain twining over one warp. The warps converge where warp sticks are added, but are otherwise parallel. The rim is trimmed, with the warps extending up to a 1/4 inch above the last weft row. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sifter basket, accession number 1-10522, described as Flat openwork plain twined acorn sifter. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work twined acorn sifter. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled shoot warps and peeled shoot wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is 1 inch of close plain twining, followed by 3 inches of openwork plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by 2 3/4 inches of plain openwork twining, followed by 1 weft row of close twining over one warp, followed by two weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by one weft row of plain twining over one warp. The warps converge where warp sticks are added, but are otherwise parallel. The rim is trimmed, with the warps extending up to a 1/4 inch above the last weft row. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifter basket, accession number 1-10522, described as Flat openwork plain twined acorn sifter. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work twined acorn sifter. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled shoot warps and peeled shoot wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is 1 inch of close plain twining, followed by 3 inches of openwork plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by 2 3/4 inches of plain openwork twining, followed by 1 weft row of close twining over one warp, followed by two weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by one weft row of plain twining over one warp. The warps converge where warp sticks are added, but are otherwise parallel. The rim is trimmed, with the warps extending up to a 1/4 inch above the last weft row. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifter basket, accession number 1-10522, described as Flat openwork plain twined acorn sifter. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work twined acorn sifter. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled shoot warps and peeled shoot wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is 1 inch of close plain twining, followed by 3 inches of openwork plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by 2 3/4 inches of plain openwork twining, followed by 1 weft row of close twining over one warp, followed by two weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by one weft row of plain twining over one warp. The warps converge where warp sticks are added, but are otherwise parallel. The rim is trimmed, with the warps extending up to a 1/4 inch above the last weft row. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifter basket, accession number 1-10522, described as Flat openwork plain twined acorn sifter. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work twined acorn sifter. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled shoot warps and peeled shoot wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is 1 inch of close plain twining, followed by 3 inches of openwork plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by 2 3/4 inches of plain openwork twining, followed by 1 weft row of close twining over one warp, followed by two weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by one weft row of plain twining over one warp. The warps converge where warp sticks are added, but are otherwise parallel. The rim is trimmed, with the warps extending up to a 1/4 inch above the last weft row. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus).

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