Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-224007
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1773
Description:
Twined mush basket. Series of stepped rectangular designs. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red- dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is three strand twining that extends for .75 inches, changing to plain twining for 1 inch, and then 1 weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3 weft rows of diagonal twining. Plain twining continues up to the rim. The main design is six elements with four tiers of rectangles each with a triangle on top, every other element is reversed. The basket's base has a beargrass overlay design radiating from the start. The rim has four weft rows of conifer root with no overlay. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is on the outside. The rim is trimmed. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Donor:
Estate of Howard Alden Judy
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Howard Alden Judy
Collection date:
1910-1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1963
Context of use:
Mush basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 4 inches and diameter 5.75 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-224007, described as Twined mush basket. Series of stepped rectangular designs. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red- dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is three strand twining that extends for .75 inches, changing to plain twining for 1 inch, and then 1 weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3 weft rows of diagonal twining. Plain twining continues up to the rim. The main design is six elements with four tiers of rectangles each with a triangle on top, every other element is reversed. The basket's base has a beargrass overlay design radiating from the start. The rim has four weft rows of conifer root with no overlay. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is on the outside. The rim is trimmed. The basket is from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-224007, described as Twined mush basket. Series of stepped rectangular designs. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red- dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is three strand twining that extends for .75 inches, changing to plain twining for 1 inch, and then 1 weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3 weft rows of diagonal twining. Plain twining continues up to the rim. The main design is six elements with four tiers of rectangles each with a triangle on top, every other element is reversed. The basket's base has a beargrass overlay design radiating from the start. The rim has four weft rows of conifer root with no overlay. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is on the outside. The rim is trimmed. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-224007, described as Twined mush basket. Series of stepped rectangular designs. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red- dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is three strand twining that extends for .75 inches, changing to plain twining for 1 inch, and then 1 weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3 weft rows of diagonal twining. Plain twining continues up to the rim. The main design is six elements with four tiers of rectangles each with a triangle on top, every other element is reversed. The basket's base has a beargrass overlay design radiating from the start. The rim has four weft rows of conifer root with no overlay. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is on the outside. The rim is trimmed. The basket is from Northwestern California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-224007, described as Twined mush basket. Series of stepped rectangular designs. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red- dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is three strand twining that extends for .75 inches, changing to plain twining for 1 inch, and then 1 weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3 weft rows of diagonal twining. Plain twining continues up to the rim. The main design is six elements with four tiers of rectangles each with a triangle on top, every other element is reversed. The basket's base has a beargrass overlay design radiating from the start. The rim has four weft rows of conifer root with no overlay. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is on the outside. The rim is trimmed. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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