Storage basket

Museum number:
1-3077
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
TB-53 (tb (temporary basket) number, Based on materials and description this is TB-53.)
Accession number:
Acc.42
Description:
Plain-twined storage basket. Geometric design in brown and red diagonal on white ground. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of bear grass (squaw grass) and woodwardia died red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. From TB-53: "Large basket with tag that says lost number. [Found on shelf 2-25-2003, not listed on shelf list so it needs photography. On shelf with Klamath River and California Tribes. ]. Per Ralph Shanks: Northwestern California basket. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of beargrass and woodwardia fern dyed red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. 1-3077, based on materials, culture area, and description." 2014-06-11 J. Oligmueller
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Klamath River Tribes
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1880-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 23 inches and height 18 inches
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 83
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-3077, described as Plain-twined storage basket. Geometric design in brown and red diagonal on white ground. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of bear grass (squaw grass) and woodwardia died red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. From TB-53: "Large basket with tag that says lost number. [Found on shelf 2-25-2003, not listed on shelf list so it needs photography. On shelf with Klamath River and California Tribes. ]. Per Ralph Shanks: Northwestern California basket. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of beargrass and woodwardia fern dyed red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. 1-3077, based on materials, culture area, and description." 2014-06-11 J. OligmuellerHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-3077, described as Plain-twined storage basket. Geometric design in brown and red diagonal on white ground. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of bear grass (squaw grass) and woodwardia died red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. From TB-53: "Large basket with tag that says lost number. [Found on shelf 2-25-2003, not listed on shelf list so it needs photography. On shelf with Klamath River and California Tribes. ]. Per Ralph Shanks: Northwestern California basket. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of beargrass and woodwardia fern dyed red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. 1-3077, based on materials, culture area, and description." 2014-06-11 J. OligmuellerHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-3077, described as Plain-twined storage basket. Geometric design in brown and red diagonal on white ground. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of bear grass (squaw grass) and woodwardia died red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. From TB-53: "Large basket with tag that says lost number. [Found on shelf 2-25-2003, not listed on shelf list so it needs photography. On shelf with Klamath River and California Tribes. ]. Per Ralph Shanks: Northwestern California basket. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of beargrass and woodwardia fern dyed red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. 1-3077, based on materials, culture area, and description." 2014-06-11 J. Oligmueller
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-3077, described as Plain-twined storage basket. Geometric design in brown and red diagonal on white ground. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of bear grass (squaw grass) and woodwardia died red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. From TB-53: "Large basket with tag that says lost number. [Found on shelf 2-25-2003, not listed on shelf list so it needs photography. On shelf with Klamath River and California Tribes. ]. Per Ralph Shanks: Northwestern California basket. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of beargrass and woodwardia fern dyed red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. 1-3077, based on materials, culture area, and description." 2014-06-11 J. OligmuellerDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-3077, described as Plain-twined storage basket. Geometric design in brown and red diagonal on white ground. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of bear grass (squaw grass) and woodwardia died red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. From TB-53: "Large basket with tag that says lost number. [Found on shelf 2-25-2003, not listed on shelf list so it needs photography. On shelf with Klamath River and California Tribes. ]. Per Ralph Shanks: Northwestern California basket. Materials are conifer root weft, with overlay of beargrass and woodwardia fern dyed red using alder bark. Warp sticks are hazel. Twining from start- 3 strand for about 3 inches then plain twined then 3 rows of 3 strand then plain twined up to rim then 2 of rows of 3 strand twining, rim is trimmed. Design is 6 diagonal rows of split parallelograms, and 7 diagonal 3 line zigzags. 1-3077, based on materials, culture area, and description." 2014-06-11 J. Oligmueller

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