Basket and lid

Museum number:
1-144993a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101144993a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1624
Description:
Twined trinket basket (a), with lid (b) globular shape, overlay designs in Xerophyllum, black and red fern. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular storage basket with constricted mouth A) with a lid with handle B), probably made for sale. The following description is for A): Indented crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design background is in beargrass, with maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to a 1/2 inch from the rim, followed by 4 weft rows of diagonal twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The lid B), has an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. It has the same weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is from the starting knot: .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The handle on the lid is made of patterned blue and white cotton cloth wrapped with beargrass. The main design on A) is a horizontal band of off-set stacked diamonds. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Donor:
B. B. Wilder
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Guy C. Earl
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 7.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-144993a,b, described as Twined trinket basket (a), with lid (b) globular shape, overlay designs in Xerophyllum, black and red fern. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular storage basket with constricted mouth A) with a lid with handle B), probably made for sale. The following description is for A): Indented crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design background is in beargrass, with maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to a 1/2 inch from the rim, followed by 4 weft rows of diagonal twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The lid B), has an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. It has the same weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is from the starting knot: .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The handle on the lid is made of patterned blue and white cotton cloth wrapped with beargrass. The main design on A) is a horizontal band of off-set stacked diamonds. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-144993a,b, described as Twined trinket basket (a), with lid (b) globular shape, overlay designs in Xerophyllum, black and red fern. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular storage basket with constricted mouth A) with a lid with handle B), probably made for sale. The following description is for A): Indented crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design background is in beargrass, with maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to a 1/2 inch from the rim, followed by 4 weft rows of diagonal twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The lid B), has an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. It has the same weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is from the starting knot: .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The handle on the lid is made of patterned blue and white cotton cloth wrapped with beargrass. The main design on A) is a horizontal band of off-set stacked diamonds. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-144993a,b, described as Twined trinket basket (a), with lid (b) globular shape, overlay designs in Xerophyllum, black and red fern. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular storage basket with constricted mouth A) with a lid with handle B), probably made for sale. The following description is for A): Indented crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design background is in beargrass, with maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to a 1/2 inch from the rim, followed by 4 weft rows of diagonal twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The lid B), has an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. It has the same weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is from the starting knot: .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The handle on the lid is made of patterned blue and white cotton cloth wrapped with beargrass. The main design on A) is a horizontal band of off-set stacked diamonds. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-144993a,b, described as Twined trinket basket (a), with lid (b) globular shape, overlay designs in Xerophyllum, black and red fern. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular storage basket with constricted mouth A) with a lid with handle B), probably made for sale. The following description is for A): Indented crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design background is in beargrass, with maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to a 1/2 inch from the rim, followed by 4 weft rows of diagonal twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The lid B), has an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. It has the same weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is from the starting knot: .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The handle on the lid is made of patterned blue and white cotton cloth wrapped with beargrass. The main design on A) is a horizontal band of off-set stacked diamonds. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-144993a,b, described as Twined trinket basket (a), with lid (b) globular shape, overlay designs in Xerophyllum, black and red fern. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular storage basket with constricted mouth A) with a lid with handle B), probably made for sale. The following description is for A): Indented crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design background is in beargrass, with maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to a 1/2 inch from the rim, followed by 4 weft rows of diagonal twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The lid B), has an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. It has the same weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is from the starting knot: .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The handle on the lid is made of patterned blue and white cotton cloth wrapped with beargrass. The main design on A) is a horizontal band of off-set stacked diamonds. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-144993a,b, described as Twined trinket basket (a), with lid (b) globular shape, overlay designs in Xerophyllum, black and red fern. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular storage basket with constricted mouth A) with a lid with handle B), probably made for sale. The following description is for A): Indented crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design background is in beargrass, with maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2/3 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to a 1/2 inch from the rim, followed by 4 weft rows of diagonal twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The lid B), has an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. It has the same weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is from the starting knot: .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The handle on the lid is made of patterned blue and white cotton cloth wrapped with beargrass. The main design on A) is a horizontal band of off-set stacked diamonds. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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