Basketry bowl. The weft is alder (Alnus) root and Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Design composed of horizontally repeating triangles. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined soup bowl, used. The materials are hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) or willow warps with a conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts and a beargrass overlay. There is a crossed warp starting knot. Beginning at the starting knot there is 1 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 3 inches, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by five weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining up to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main overlay design is two horizontal design bands of beargrass, with outlines of triangles separated by a plain horizontal band in-between. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is predominately on the exterior. The surface slightly undulates.
Donor:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection place:
Bridgeville, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Bridgeville
Culture or time period:
Nongatl
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Alder root, Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Alnus, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used for serving acorn soup.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 18.7 centimeters and height 10.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-8620" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 16" "The V. Duzen name for this design is kinillai." Per Ruth Merrill: Warp is Hazel, weft is Spruce root.