Ill shapen newly made openwork basket. This form is very unusual, but the method of twining with split elements is typical of the Yuki. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Open twined buckeye leaching basket. Not used. The start is a crossed warped twined start, partially woven over The warp foundation is paired unpeeled redbud shoots. The wefts are of unpeeled redbud. The basket is plain twined. The rim is evenly clipped. The basket has an exterior work face, a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist. Surviving buckeye leaching baskets are very rare.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Openwork used for draining buckeyes and as general receptacle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 33 centimeters and height 19 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes: p. 13. opitc openwork used for draining buckeyes & as general receptacle" Photo: 15-8665. Published: AAE XXIV 9 Pl 126 b. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat 1 Page 92. Per Rith Merrill: Openwork basket. Warp and weft are Willow.