Basket

Museum number:
1-211517
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
42 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1188
Description:
Openwork dish-shaped basket. Tag "NW Calif". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material is hazel or willow. At the start there is some reddish plant material. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced approximately .5 inch apart. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Donor:
Thad W. Stevens
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Salina Davidson
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 22.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second Original Number = 43.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #31: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (1960–July 21, 1967) and S1967-1968 #7: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (July 24, 1967–April 19, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-211517, described as Openwork dish-shaped basket. Tag "NW Calif". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material is hazel or willow. At the start there is some reddish plant material. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced approximately .5 inch apart. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-211517, described as Openwork dish-shaped basket. Tag "NW Calif". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material is hazel or willow. At the start there is some reddish plant material. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced approximately .5 inch apart. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-211517, described as Openwork dish-shaped basket. Tag "NW Calif". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material is hazel or willow. At the start there is some reddish plant material. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced approximately .5 inch apart. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-211517, described as Openwork dish-shaped basket. Tag "NW Calif". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp and weft material is hazel or willow. At the start there is some reddish plant material. The basket is plain twined over primarily one warp, with the rows spaced approximately .5 inch apart. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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