Mortar hopper

Museum number:
1-235221
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2861
Description:
Twined basketry. Encircling design band of elongated geometric form with triangle - like projections in light color on brown ground. Newly made, unused. There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Tag "KL. R. Tr. Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root, and some other unknown material(s) at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass. Leather is used to bind down the warp at the base of the basket. At the base there are 4 weft rows of plain twining over multiple warps, followed by 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, with three strand twining in-between and after. Then 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one more row of three strand twining. After that plain twining until the rim. The rim consists of braded warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed, and are .5 inch long. The design is comprised of beargrass and conifer root in four stepped elements in a horizontal band. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California. There is a hair woven into the side of the basket.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Klamath River Tribes
Collector:
Frank Bishop and Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mortar baskets (baskets by function), Mortar baskets (food processing), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 24, 1975
Context of use:
Mortar hopper.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 38 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mortar hopper, accession number 1-235221, described as Twined basketry. Encircling design band of elongated geometric form with triangle - like projections in light color on brown ground. Newly made, unused. There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Tag "KL. R. Tr. Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root, and some other unknown material(s) at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass. Leather is used to bind down the warp at the base of the basket. At the base there are 4 weft rows of plain twining over multiple warps, followed by 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, with three strand twining in-between and after. Then 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one more row of three strand twining. After that plain twining until the rim. The rim consists of braded warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed, and are .5 inch long. The design is comprised of beargrass and conifer root in four stepped elements in a horizontal band. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California. There is a hair woven into the side of the basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mortar hopper, accession number 1-235221, described as Twined basketry. Encircling design band of elongated geometric form with triangle - like projections in light color on brown ground. Newly made, unused. There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Tag "KL. R. Tr. Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root, and some other unknown material(s) at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass. Leather is used to bind down the warp at the base of the basket. At the base there are 4 weft rows of plain twining over multiple warps, followed by 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, with three strand twining in-between and after. Then 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one more row of three strand twining. After that plain twining until the rim. The rim consists of braded warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed, and are .5 inch long. The design is comprised of beargrass and conifer root in four stepped elements in a horizontal band. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California. There is a hair woven into the side of the basket.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mortar hopper, accession number 1-235221, described as Twined basketry. Encircling design band of elongated geometric form with triangle - like projections in light color on brown ground. Newly made, unused. There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Tag "KL. R. Tr. Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root, and some other unknown material(s) at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass. Leather is used to bind down the warp at the base of the basket. At the base there are 4 weft rows of plain twining over multiple warps, followed by 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, with three strand twining in-between and after. Then 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one more row of three strand twining. After that plain twining until the rim. The rim consists of braded warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed, and are .5 inch long. The design is comprised of beargrass and conifer root in four stepped elements in a horizontal band. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California. There is a hair woven into the side of the basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar hopper, accession number 1-235221, described as Twined basketry. Encircling design band of elongated geometric form with triangle - like projections in light color on brown ground. Newly made, unused. There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Tag "KL. R. Tr. Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root, and some other unknown material(s) at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass. Leather is used to bind down the warp at the base of the basket. At the base there are 4 weft rows of plain twining over multiple warps, followed by 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, with three strand twining in-between and after. Then 3.5 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one more row of three strand twining. After that plain twining until the rim. The rim consists of braded warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed, and are .5 inch long. The design is comprised of beargrass and conifer root in four stepped elements in a horizontal band. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California. There is a hair woven into the side of the basket.

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