Basket and strap

Museum number:
1-12097a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1084 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
(a) Openwork twined burden basket with (b) carrying strap. Mixed plain and twill twining. Warp ends turned to parallel a weft to the top. 4 rows more closely plain twined at the top. Stick hoop lashed inside edge with buckskin. Soft buckskin sewn to round bottom area of basket, also tied with strips of cotton fabric and twine (native?). Basket has rounded conical shape. Packstrap is wide, thick, heavy leather band, tied on with leather strips. 2 Tags say Wailaki, a second tag says 1084. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork Wailaki burden basket, heavily used, with a large attached carrying strap. Basket warps and wefts are peeled shoots. Cross warp starting knot. Primarily plain twined with some diagonal twining. From 1 to 5 warp sticks are brought up vertically to construct the basket. At the rim the warp sticks are trimmed and the reinforcing rod is lashed with leather to the basket in the classic Wailaki burden basket style. The base of the basket is wrapped with leather/buckskin to protect the bottom of the basket, it is not a repair as the basket is not broken. Weft is up to right weft twist with a rightward work direction. Exterior work face. There is a large carrying strap made of heavy leather. The strap is attached 17 inches above the start. In addition to the strap there are 2 other ties, one made of leather, the other made of cloth.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Wailaki
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:
Burden basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 148 centimeters and (a)— length 46 centimeters
Comment:
Second original number = 1085. Photo: "15-6634" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 59" Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, pp. 31-32: tobeL [burden basket] no difference [in the name] because of the openwork toL packstrap belongs on 1084" Per Ruth Merrill: Warp and weft are Hazel.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket and strap, accession number 1-12097a,b, described as (a) Openwork twined burden basket with (b) carrying strap. Mixed plain and twill twining. Warp ends turned to parallel a weft to the top. 4 rows more closely plain twined at the top. Stick hoop lashed inside edge with buckskin. Soft buckskin sewn to round bottom area of basket, also tied with strips of cotton fabric and twine (native?). Basket has rounded conical shape. Packstrap is wide, thick, heavy leather band, tied on with leather strips. 2 Tags say Wailaki, a second tag says 1084. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork Wailaki burden basket, heavily used, with a large attached carrying strap. Basket warps and wefts are peeled shoots. Cross warp starting knot. Primarily plain twined with some diagonal twining. From 1 to 5 warp sticks are brought up vertically to construct the basket. At the rim the warp sticks are trimmed and the reinforcing rod is lashed with leather to the basket in the classic Wailaki burden basket style. The base of the basket is wrapped with leather/buckskin to protect the bottom of the basket, it is not a repair as the basket is not broken. Weft is up to right weft twist with a rightward work direction. Exterior work face. There is a large carrying strap made of heavy leather. The strap is attached 17 inches above the start. In addition to the strap there are 2 other ties, one made of leather, the other made of cloth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket and strap, accession number 1-12097a,b, described as (a) Openwork twined burden basket with (b) carrying strap. Mixed plain and twill twining. Warp ends turned to parallel a weft to the top. 4 rows more closely plain twined at the top. Stick hoop lashed inside edge with buckskin. Soft buckskin sewn to round bottom area of basket, also tied with strips of cotton fabric and twine (native?). Basket has rounded conical shape. Packstrap is wide, thick, heavy leather band, tied on with leather strips. 2 Tags say Wailaki, a second tag says 1084. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork Wailaki burden basket, heavily used, with a large attached carrying strap. Basket warps and wefts are peeled shoots. Cross warp starting knot. Primarily plain twined with some diagonal twining. From 1 to 5 warp sticks are brought up vertically to construct the basket. At the rim the warp sticks are trimmed and the reinforcing rod is lashed with leather to the basket in the classic Wailaki burden basket style. The base of the basket is wrapped with leather/buckskin to protect the bottom of the basket, it is not a repair as the basket is not broken. Weft is up to right weft twist with a rightward work direction. Exterior work face. There is a large carrying strap made of heavy leather. The strap is attached 17 inches above the start. In addition to the strap there are 2 other ties, one made of leather, the other made of cloth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and strap, accession number 1-12097a,b, described as (a) Openwork twined burden basket with (b) carrying strap. Mixed plain and twill twining. Warp ends turned to parallel a weft to the top. 4 rows more closely plain twined at the top. Stick hoop lashed inside edge with buckskin. Soft buckskin sewn to round bottom area of basket, also tied with strips of cotton fabric and twine (native?). Basket has rounded conical shape. Packstrap is wide, thick, heavy leather band, tied on with leather strips. 2 Tags say Wailaki, a second tag says 1084. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork Wailaki burden basket, heavily used, with a large attached carrying strap. Basket warps and wefts are peeled shoots. Cross warp starting knot. Primarily plain twined with some diagonal twining. From 1 to 5 warp sticks are brought up vertically to construct the basket. At the rim the warp sticks are trimmed and the reinforcing rod is lashed with leather to the basket in the classic Wailaki burden basket style. The base of the basket is wrapped with leather/buckskin to protect the bottom of the basket, it is not a repair as the basket is not broken. Weft is up to right weft twist with a rightward work direction. Exterior work face. There is a large carrying strap made of heavy leather. The strap is attached 17 inches above the start. In addition to the strap there are 2 other ties, one made of leather, the other made of cloth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and strap, accession number 1-12097a,b, described as (a) Openwork twined burden basket with (b) carrying strap. Mixed plain and twill twining. Warp ends turned to parallel a weft to the top. 4 rows more closely plain twined at the top. Stick hoop lashed inside edge with buckskin. Soft buckskin sewn to round bottom area of basket, also tied with strips of cotton fabric and twine (native?). Basket has rounded conical shape. Packstrap is wide, thick, heavy leather band, tied on with leather strips. 2 Tags say Wailaki, a second tag says 1084. Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork Wailaki burden basket, heavily used, with a large attached carrying strap. Basket warps and wefts are peeled shoots. Cross warp starting knot. Primarily plain twined with some diagonal twining. From 1 to 5 warp sticks are brought up vertically to construct the basket. At the rim the warp sticks are trimmed and the reinforcing rod is lashed with leather to the basket in the classic Wailaki burden basket style. The base of the basket is wrapped with leather/buckskin to protect the bottom of the basket, it is not a repair as the basket is not broken. Weft is up to right weft twist with a rightward work direction. Exterior work face. There is a large carrying strap made of heavy leather. The strap is attached 17 inches above the start. In addition to the strap there are 2 other ties, one made of leather, the other made of cloth.

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