Winnowing tray

Museum number:
1-53984
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010053984
Alternate number:
1-2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1941F
Description:
Openwork, twined, flat tray. Tag "#1". Second tag "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork plain twined basket tray, for winnowing, used and has residue. Peeled whole shoots for the warps and split and whole shoots for the wefts with a surrounding rod attached later at the rim. The last four weft rows are some other broad peeled material. There are at least two colors of twine and cloth as well as a thin peeled material lashed at various parts of the rim. The basket has a fan shaped start. The rim is closer wrapped at the top and bottom of the basket. Most warps are paired. There are primarily convergent warps. The weft strands are primarily double strand. The warps are bent under and to the left at the rim. The basket has a down to the right slant of weft twist. The work direction may have alternated between leftward and rightward, unless the basket was turned during the weaving process. The basket is probably not Sierra Miwok is possibly from Eastern Central California in origin, maybe Maidu based on the slant of weft twist and the tag.
Donor:
R. B. Bernard
Collection place:
Indian Valley, Plumas County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Plumas; Indian Valley
Culture or time period:
North Central California tribes
Collector:
R. B. Bernard
Collection date:
1930
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Twined weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
April 19, 1941
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 80 centimeters and width 785 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-53984, described as Openwork, twined, flat tray. Tag "#1". Second tag "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork plain twined basket tray, for winnowing, used and has residue. Peeled whole shoots for the warps and split and whole shoots for the wefts with a surrounding rod attached later at the rim. The last four weft rows are some other broad peeled material. There are at least two colors of twine and cloth as well as a thin peeled material lashed at various parts of the rim. The basket has a fan shaped start. The rim is closer wrapped at the top and bottom of the basket. Most warps are paired. There are primarily convergent warps. The weft strands are primarily double strand. The warps are bent under and to the left at the rim. The basket has a down to the right slant of weft twist. The work direction may have alternated between leftward and rightward, unless the basket was turned during the weaving process. The basket is probably not Sierra Miwok is possibly from Eastern Central California in origin, maybe Maidu based on the slant of weft twist and the tag.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-53984, described as Openwork, twined, flat tray. Tag "#1". Second tag "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork plain twined basket tray, for winnowing, used and has residue. Peeled whole shoots for the warps and split and whole shoots for the wefts with a surrounding rod attached later at the rim. The last four weft rows are some other broad peeled material. There are at least two colors of twine and cloth as well as a thin peeled material lashed at various parts of the rim. The basket has a fan shaped start. The rim is closer wrapped at the top and bottom of the basket. Most warps are paired. There are primarily convergent warps. The weft strands are primarily double strand. The warps are bent under and to the left at the rim. The basket has a down to the right slant of weft twist. The work direction may have alternated between leftward and rightward, unless the basket was turned during the weaving process. The basket is probably not Sierra Miwok is possibly from Eastern Central California in origin, maybe Maidu based on the slant of weft twist and the tag.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-53984, described as Openwork, twined, flat tray. Tag "#1". Second tag "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork plain twined basket tray, for winnowing, used and has residue. Peeled whole shoots for the warps and split and whole shoots for the wefts with a surrounding rod attached later at the rim. The last four weft rows are some other broad peeled material. There are at least two colors of twine and cloth as well as a thin peeled material lashed at various parts of the rim. The basket has a fan shaped start. The rim is closer wrapped at the top and bottom of the basket. Most warps are paired. There are primarily convergent warps. The weft strands are primarily double strand. The warps are bent under and to the left at the rim. The basket has a down to the right slant of weft twist. The work direction may have alternated between leftward and rightward, unless the basket was turned during the weaving process. The basket is probably not Sierra Miwok is possibly from Eastern Central California in origin, maybe Maidu based on the slant of weft twist and the tag.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-53984, described as Openwork, twined, flat tray. Tag "#1". Second tag "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork plain twined basket tray, for winnowing, used and has residue. Peeled whole shoots for the warps and split and whole shoots for the wefts with a surrounding rod attached later at the rim. The last four weft rows are some other broad peeled material. There are at least two colors of twine and cloth as well as a thin peeled material lashed at various parts of the rim. The basket has a fan shaped start. The rim is closer wrapped at the top and bottom of the basket. Most warps are paired. There are primarily convergent warps. The weft strands are primarily double strand. The warps are bent under and to the left at the rim. The basket has a down to the right slant of weft twist. The work direction may have alternated between leftward and rightward, unless the basket was turned during the weaving process. The basket is probably not Sierra Miwok is possibly from Eastern Central California in origin, maybe Maidu based on the slant of weft twist and the tag.

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