Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-28157
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.640
Description:
Openwork basket bowl. Grimy from use; one frayed spot on rim. Twill twining; three more closely worked rows at rim. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work basket serving tray, used. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably hazel warps with hazel wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining to the rim. There are three closely spaced weft rows at the rim. The warps are variably placed, but not crossed. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.
Donor:
Gladys Ayer Nomland and Jorgen O. Nomland
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Nongatl
Collector:
Gladys Ayer Nomland
Collection date:
1930
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28157, described as Openwork basket bowl. Grimy from use; one frayed spot on rim. Twill twining; three more closely worked rows at rim. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work basket serving tray, used. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably hazel warps with hazel wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining to the rim. There are three closely spaced weft rows at the rim. The warps are variably placed, but not crossed. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28157, described as Openwork basket bowl. Grimy from use; one frayed spot on rim. Twill twining; three more closely worked rows at rim. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work basket serving tray, used. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably hazel warps with hazel wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining to the rim. There are three closely spaced weft rows at the rim. The warps are variably placed, but not crossed. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28157, described as Openwork basket bowl. Grimy from use; one frayed spot on rim. Twill twining; three more closely worked rows at rim. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work basket serving tray, used. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably hazel warps with hazel wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining to the rim. There are three closely spaced weft rows at the rim. The warps are variably placed, but not crossed. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-28157, described as Openwork basket bowl. Grimy from use; one frayed spot on rim. Twill twining; three more closely worked rows at rim. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Open-work basket serving tray, used. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably hazel warps with hazel wefts. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining to the rim. There are three closely spaced weft rows at the rim. The warps are variably placed, but not crossed. The rim is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

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