Treasure basket

Museum number:
1-164447
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2029
Description:
Twined basket with two bands of openwork. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass and red-dyed Woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is one weft row of plain twining, followed by 0.25 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the edge of the base where there are two weft rows of three strand twining followed by plain twining for a 0.5 inch. Going up the sides of the basket there is a 0.5 inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by 1.5 inches of close work plain twining followed by ⅓ inch of parallel warp openwork. At the rim there are two weft rows of plain twining, a single strand of beargrass and a reinforcing rod wrapped with beargrass alternating with red-dyed Woodwardia. The main design is four sets of paired stacked triangles separated by two vertical lines. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Donor:
Louise Heintz
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Edward K. Schaad
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Treasure baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
For trinkets.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 15 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164447, described as Twined basket with two bands of openwork. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass and red-dyed Woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is one weft row of plain twining, followed by 0.25 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the edge of the base where there are two weft rows of three strand twining followed by plain twining for a 0.5 inch. Going up the sides of the basket there is a 0.5 inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by 1.5 inches of close work plain twining followed by ⅓ inch of parallel warp openwork. At the rim there are two weft rows of plain twining, a single strand of beargrass and a reinforcing rod wrapped with beargrass alternating with red-dyed Woodwardia. The main design is four sets of paired stacked triangles separated by two vertical lines. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164447, described as Twined basket with two bands of openwork. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass and red-dyed Woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is one weft row of plain twining, followed by 0.25 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the edge of the base where there are two weft rows of three strand twining followed by plain twining for a 0.5 inch. Going up the sides of the basket there is a 0.5 inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by 1.5 inches of close work plain twining followed by ⅓ inch of parallel warp openwork. At the rim there are two weft rows of plain twining, a single strand of beargrass and a reinforcing rod wrapped with beargrass alternating with red-dyed Woodwardia. The main design is four sets of paired stacked triangles separated by two vertical lines. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164447, described as Twined basket with two bands of openwork. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass and red-dyed Woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is one weft row of plain twining, followed by 0.25 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the edge of the base where there are two weft rows of three strand twining followed by plain twining for a 0.5 inch. Going up the sides of the basket there is a 0.5 inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by 1.5 inches of close work plain twining followed by ⅓ inch of parallel warp openwork. At the rim there are two weft rows of plain twining, a single strand of beargrass and a reinforcing rod wrapped with beargrass alternating with red-dyed Woodwardia. The main design is four sets of paired stacked triangles separated by two vertical lines. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164447, described as Twined basket with two bands of openwork. Tag "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass and red-dyed Woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is one weft row of plain twining, followed by 0.25 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the edge of the base where there are two weft rows of three strand twining followed by plain twining for a 0.5 inch. Going up the sides of the basket there is a 0.5 inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by 1.5 inches of close work plain twining followed by ⅓ inch of parallel warp openwork. At the rim there are two weft rows of plain twining, a single strand of beargrass and a reinforcing rod wrapped with beargrass alternating with red-dyed Woodwardia. The main design is four sets of paired stacked triangles separated by two vertical lines. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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