Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-12199
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1332 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Twined rush basket. Dirty from use, but not very worn, most of basket overlaid with white elements, two-faced. Top portion of design is a row of triangles; middle, two 3-strand twined rows with plain twined and overlaid dotted lines in between (3 - 4 cm from top); lower part of design is inverted triangles, not a reflection of the top triangles. More 3-strand twining, 2.5 cm radius from start, and 3 rows beginning 8 cm from the start. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mush/serving bowl, used. Probably crossed warp start, not a traditional wrapped Northwest California style starting knot. The warp material is a peeled shoot; the wefts are conifer root with an overlay design in beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for about 1 1/4 inches, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by four rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, after which there is one inch of plain twining. The rim is trimmed with some warp sticks protruding. The basket somewhat undulates. The work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. There are two horizontal bands of beargrass overlay design with offset triangular forms. The overlay is double sided, with the main design on the exterior. The basket is described as "from people way up in Humboldt" which is outside of Wailaki territory. Several characteristics of this basket are similar to those of the Nongatl including: the starting knot, the semi-double sided overlay, the undulation of the basket, the warp sticks protruding above the rim, and the Northwest California type design. Also the basket is noted as being a "rush basket", but no rush material was noted during the examination of the basket.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Nongatl and Wailaki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 12 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 111: Tip's people, informants. Owing to lateness, names etc were not obtained. Localities were however.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12199, described as Twined rush basket. Dirty from use, but not very worn, most of basket overlaid with white elements, two-faced. Top portion of design is a row of triangles; middle, two 3-strand twined rows with plain twined and overlaid dotted lines in between (3 - 4 cm from top); lower part of design is inverted triangles, not a reflection of the top triangles. More 3-strand twining, 2.5 cm radius from start, and 3 rows beginning 8 cm from the start. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mush/serving bowl, used. Probably crossed warp start, not a traditional wrapped Northwest California style starting knot. The warp material is a peeled shoot; the wefts are conifer root with an overlay design in beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for about 1 1/4 inches, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by four rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, after which there is one inch of plain twining. The rim is trimmed with some warp sticks protruding. The basket somewhat undulates. The work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. There are two horizontal bands of beargrass overlay design with offset triangular forms. The overlay is double sided, with the main design on the exterior. The basket is described as "from people way up in Humboldt" which is outside of Wailaki territory. Several characteristics of this basket are similar to those of the Nongatl including: the starting knot, the semi-double sided overlay, the undulation of the basket, the warp sticks protruding above the rim, and the Northwest California type design. Also the basket is noted as being a "rush basket", but no rush material was noted during the examination of the basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12199, described as Twined rush basket. Dirty from use, but not very worn, most of basket overlaid with white elements, two-faced. Top portion of design is a row of triangles; middle, two 3-strand twined rows with plain twined and overlaid dotted lines in between (3 - 4 cm from top); lower part of design is inverted triangles, not a reflection of the top triangles. More 3-strand twining, 2.5 cm radius from start, and 3 rows beginning 8 cm from the start. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mush/serving bowl, used. Probably crossed warp start, not a traditional wrapped Northwest California style starting knot. The warp material is a peeled shoot; the wefts are conifer root with an overlay design in beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for about 1 1/4 inches, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by four rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, after which there is one inch of plain twining. The rim is trimmed with some warp sticks protruding. The basket somewhat undulates. The work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. There are two horizontal bands of beargrass overlay design with offset triangular forms. The overlay is double sided, with the main design on the exterior. The basket is described as "from people way up in Humboldt" which is outside of Wailaki territory. Several characteristics of this basket are similar to those of the Nongatl including: the starting knot, the semi-double sided overlay, the undulation of the basket, the warp sticks protruding above the rim, and the Northwest California type design. Also the basket is noted as being a "rush basket", but no rush material was noted during the examination of the basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12199, described as Twined rush basket. Dirty from use, but not very worn, most of basket overlaid with white elements, two-faced. Top portion of design is a row of triangles; middle, two 3-strand twined rows with plain twined and overlaid dotted lines in between (3 - 4 cm from top); lower part of design is inverted triangles, not a reflection of the top triangles. More 3-strand twining, 2.5 cm radius from start, and 3 rows beginning 8 cm from the start. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mush/serving bowl, used. Probably crossed warp start, not a traditional wrapped Northwest California style starting knot. The warp material is a peeled shoot; the wefts are conifer root with an overlay design in beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for about 1 1/4 inches, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by four rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, after which there is one inch of plain twining. The rim is trimmed with some warp sticks protruding. The basket somewhat undulates. The work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. There are two horizontal bands of beargrass overlay design with offset triangular forms. The overlay is double sided, with the main design on the exterior. The basket is described as "from people way up in Humboldt" which is outside of Wailaki territory. Several characteristics of this basket are similar to those of the Nongatl including: the starting knot, the semi-double sided overlay, the undulation of the basket, the warp sticks protruding above the rim, and the Northwest California type design. Also the basket is noted as being a "rush basket", but no rush material was noted during the examination of the basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12199, described as Twined rush basket. Dirty from use, but not very worn, most of basket overlaid with white elements, two-faced. Top portion of design is a row of triangles; middle, two 3-strand twined rows with plain twined and overlaid dotted lines in between (3 - 4 cm from top); lower part of design is inverted triangles, not a reflection of the top triangles. More 3-strand twining, 2.5 cm radius from start, and 3 rows beginning 8 cm from the start. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mush/serving bowl, used. Probably crossed warp start, not a traditional wrapped Northwest California style starting knot. The warp material is a peeled shoot; the wefts are conifer root with an overlay design in beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for about 1 1/4 inches, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by four rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, after which there is one inch of plain twining. The rim is trimmed with some warp sticks protruding. The basket somewhat undulates. The work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. There are two horizontal bands of beargrass overlay design with offset triangular forms. The overlay is double sided, with the main design on the exterior. The basket is described as "from people way up in Humboldt" which is outside of Wailaki territory. Several characteristics of this basket are similar to those of the Nongatl including: the starting knot, the semi-double sided overlay, the undulation of the basket, the warp sticks protruding above the rim, and the Northwest California type design. Also the basket is noted as being a "rush basket", but no rush material was noted during the examination of the basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12199, described as Twined rush basket. Dirty from use, but not very worn, most of basket overlaid with white elements, two-faced. Top portion of design is a row of triangles; middle, two 3-strand twined rows with plain twined and overlaid dotted lines in between (3 - 4 cm from top); lower part of design is inverted triangles, not a reflection of the top triangles. More 3-strand twining, 2.5 cm radius from start, and 3 rows beginning 8 cm from the start. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mush/serving bowl, used. Probably crossed warp start, not a traditional wrapped Northwest California style starting knot. The warp material is a peeled shoot; the wefts are conifer root with an overlay design in beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for about 1 1/4 inches, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by four rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, after which there is one inch of plain twining. The rim is trimmed with some warp sticks protruding. The basket somewhat undulates. The work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. There are two horizontal bands of beargrass overlay design with offset triangular forms. The overlay is double sided, with the main design on the exterior. The basket is described as "from people way up in Humboldt" which is outside of Wailaki territory. Several characteristics of this basket are similar to those of the Nongatl including: the starting knot, the semi-double sided overlay, the undulation of the basket, the warp sticks protruding above the rim, and the Northwest California type design. Also the basket is noted as being a "rush basket", but no rush material was noted during the examination of the basket.

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