Mortar basket

Museum number:
1-12094
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1081 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Mortar basket; grimy from usage. Hoop lashed with buckskin to inside of edge to form rim; another hoop lattice-twined to outside approximately 4 cm from bottom edge. Mainly plain twining; 3-strand twining only occurs from bottom to lower hoop, then next row above. At 2.5-4.5 cm below top is one row of 3-strand twining, then 2 plain rows below; this repeats and ends with a 3-strand twined row. At 10-13 cm below rim is one 3-strand row alternating twice with a plain row and ending with a 3-strand row. Two tags: "Wailkaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used, with food residue. The start has been removed. The warps are a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root with no overlay. There is leather lashing at the rim and two large reinforcing rods. From the base there is three strand twining, variably over one to two warps, followed by a lattice twined reinforcing rod on the exterior, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by three alternating plain and three strand twining weft rows, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining alternating with two weft rows of plain twining, followed by plain twining for 1-2 inches to the rim, which is closely trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod lashed on with buckskin on the interior of the rim. The lashing is in typical southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. There has been a small additional rod added in at one side of the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Wailaki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mortar baskets (baskets by function), Mortar baskets (food processing), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Mortar basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 12 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-8622" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 59" Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 31: tces mortar basket
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12094, described as Mortar basket; grimy from usage. Hoop lashed with buckskin to inside of edge to form rim; another hoop lattice-twined to outside approximately 4 cm from bottom edge. Mainly plain twining; 3-strand twining only occurs from bottom to lower hoop, then next row above. At 2.5-4.5 cm below top is one row of 3-strand twining, then 2 plain rows below; this repeats and ends with a 3-strand twined row. At 10-13 cm below rim is one 3-strand row alternating twice with a plain row and ending with a 3-strand row. Two tags: "Wailkaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used, with food residue. The start has been removed. The warps are a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root with no overlay. There is leather lashing at the rim and two large reinforcing rods. From the base there is three strand twining, variably over one to two warps, followed by a lattice twined reinforcing rod on the exterior, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by three alternating plain and three strand twining weft rows, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining alternating with two weft rows of plain twining, followed by plain twining for 1-2 inches to the rim, which is closely trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod lashed on with buckskin on the interior of the rim. The lashing is in typical southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. There has been a small additional rod added in at one side of the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12094, described as Mortar basket; grimy from usage. Hoop lashed with buckskin to inside of edge to form rim; another hoop lattice-twined to outside approximately 4 cm from bottom edge. Mainly plain twining; 3-strand twining only occurs from bottom to lower hoop, then next row above. At 2.5-4.5 cm below top is one row of 3-strand twining, then 2 plain rows below; this repeats and ends with a 3-strand twined row. At 10-13 cm below rim is one 3-strand row alternating twice with a plain row and ending with a 3-strand row. Two tags: "Wailkaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used, with food residue. The start has been removed. The warps are a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root with no overlay. There is leather lashing at the rim and two large reinforcing rods. From the base there is three strand twining, variably over one to two warps, followed by a lattice twined reinforcing rod on the exterior, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by three alternating plain and three strand twining weft rows, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining alternating with two weft rows of plain twining, followed by plain twining for 1-2 inches to the rim, which is closely trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod lashed on with buckskin on the interior of the rim. The lashing is in typical southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. There has been a small additional rod added in at one side of the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12094, described as Mortar basket; grimy from usage. Hoop lashed with buckskin to inside of edge to form rim; another hoop lattice-twined to outside approximately 4 cm from bottom edge. Mainly plain twining; 3-strand twining only occurs from bottom to lower hoop, then next row above. At 2.5-4.5 cm below top is one row of 3-strand twining, then 2 plain rows below; this repeats and ends with a 3-strand twined row. At 10-13 cm below rim is one 3-strand row alternating twice with a plain row and ending with a 3-strand row. Two tags: "Wailkaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used, with food residue. The start has been removed. The warps are a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root with no overlay. There is leather lashing at the rim and two large reinforcing rods. From the base there is three strand twining, variably over one to two warps, followed by a lattice twined reinforcing rod on the exterior, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by three alternating plain and three strand twining weft rows, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining alternating with two weft rows of plain twining, followed by plain twining for 1-2 inches to the rim, which is closely trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod lashed on with buckskin on the interior of the rim. The lashing is in typical southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. There has been a small additional rod added in at one side of the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12094, described as Mortar basket; grimy from usage. Hoop lashed with buckskin to inside of edge to form rim; another hoop lattice-twined to outside approximately 4 cm from bottom edge. Mainly plain twining; 3-strand twining only occurs from bottom to lower hoop, then next row above. At 2.5-4.5 cm below top is one row of 3-strand twining, then 2 plain rows below; this repeats and ends with a 3-strand twined row. At 10-13 cm below rim is one 3-strand row alternating twice with a plain row and ending with a 3-strand row. Two tags: "Wailkaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used, with food residue. The start has been removed. The warps are a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root with no overlay. There is leather lashing at the rim and two large reinforcing rods. From the base there is three strand twining, variably over one to two warps, followed by a lattice twined reinforcing rod on the exterior, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by three alternating plain and three strand twining weft rows, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining alternating with two weft rows of plain twining, followed by plain twining for 1-2 inches to the rim, which is closely trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod lashed on with buckskin on the interior of the rim. The lashing is in typical southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. There has been a small additional rod added in at one side of the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12094, described as Mortar basket; grimy from usage. Hoop lashed with buckskin to inside of edge to form rim; another hoop lattice-twined to outside approximately 4 cm from bottom edge. Mainly plain twining; 3-strand twining only occurs from bottom to lower hoop, then next row above. At 2.5-4.5 cm below top is one row of 3-strand twining, then 2 plain rows below; this repeats and ends with a 3-strand twined row. At 10-13 cm below rim is one 3-strand row alternating twice with a plain row and ending with a 3-strand row. Two tags: "Wailkaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used, with food residue. The start has been removed. The warps are a peeled shoot, possibly willow; the wefts are conifer root with no overlay. There is leather lashing at the rim and two large reinforcing rods. From the base there is three strand twining, variably over one to two warps, followed by a lattice twined reinforcing rod on the exterior, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by three alternating plain and three strand twining weft rows, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by three rows of three strand twining alternating with two weft rows of plain twining, followed by plain twining for 1-2 inches to the rim, which is closely trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod lashed on with buckskin on the interior of the rim. The lashing is in typical southern Humboldt Athabaskan style. There has been a small additional rod added in at one side of the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket undulates.

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