Treasure basket

Museum number:
1-164443
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2029
Description:
Globular twined basket; most of openwork rim missing. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and a grayish material. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of one weft row of plain twining over two warps. The main design is three sets of diagonally stacked parallelograms flanked by stacked triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest 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 14 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164443, described as Globular twined basket; most of openwork rim missing. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and a grayish material. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of one weft row of plain twining over two warps. The main design is three sets of diagonally stacked parallelograms flanked by stacked triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164443, described as Globular twined basket; most of openwork rim missing. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and a grayish material. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of one weft row of plain twining over two warps. The main design is three sets of diagonally stacked parallelograms flanked by stacked triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164443, described as Globular twined basket; most of openwork rim missing. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and a grayish material. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of one weft row of plain twining over two warps. The main design is three sets of diagonally stacked parallelograms flanked by stacked triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-164443, described as Globular twined basket; most of openwork rim missing. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and a grayish material. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of one weft row of plain twining over two warps. The main design is three sets of diagonally stacked parallelograms flanked by stacked triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.

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