Plate basket

Museum number:
1-12187
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012187
Alternate number:
1319 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Small old plate form coiled basket. Very grimy from use, quite worn. 2 breaks stitched, one not. 2 vertical designs, repeated; red triangle, outlined by a larger red triangle, sits on the apex of another triangle of this type below it; the other design is a red diamond balanced on a point (vertically) on a red triangle balanced on its apex. Both designs repeated 4 times. Two tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Small coiled bowl, heavily used during food processing. The starting knot is tight. The coil foundation is rod and splint. The weft material is unknown; the designs are possibly in redbud. There are no random rectangles in the design. The basket has a rightward work direction, with a down to the right of slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are both concealed and clipped. The basket has an exterior workface.
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:
Coiled weaving and Plate baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 23.5 centimeters and height 5.5 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 108: "tcegatce Wailaki" Photo: "15-6635" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 60" Per Ruth Merill: Warp is possibly willow. Weft is redbud, and red pattern is also redbud.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12187, described as Small old plate form coiled basket. Very grimy from use, quite worn. 2 breaks stitched, one not. 2 vertical designs, repeated; red triangle, outlined by a larger red triangle, sits on the apex of another triangle of this type below it; the other design is a red diamond balanced on a point (vertically) on a red triangle balanced on its apex. Both designs repeated 4 times. Two tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Small coiled bowl, heavily used during food processing. The starting knot is tight. The coil foundation is rod and splint. The weft material is unknown; the designs are possibly in redbud. There are no random rectangles in the design. The basket has a rightward work direction, with a down to the right of slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are both concealed and clipped. The basket has an exterior workface.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12187, described as Small old plate form coiled basket. Very grimy from use, quite worn. 2 breaks stitched, one not. 2 vertical designs, repeated; red triangle, outlined by a larger red triangle, sits on the apex of another triangle of this type below it; the other design is a red diamond balanced on a point (vertically) on a red triangle balanced on its apex. Both designs repeated 4 times. Two tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Small coiled bowl, heavily used during food processing. The starting knot is tight. The coil foundation is rod and splint. The weft material is unknown; the designs are possibly in redbud. There are no random rectangles in the design. The basket has a rightward work direction, with a down to the right of slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are both concealed and clipped. The basket has an exterior workface.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12187, described as Small old plate form coiled basket. Very grimy from use, quite worn. 2 breaks stitched, one not. 2 vertical designs, repeated; red triangle, outlined by a larger red triangle, sits on the apex of another triangle of this type below it; the other design is a red diamond balanced on a point (vertically) on a red triangle balanced on its apex. Both designs repeated 4 times. Two tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Small coiled bowl, heavily used during food processing. The starting knot is tight. The coil foundation is rod and splint. The weft material is unknown; the designs are possibly in redbud. There are no random rectangles in the design. The basket has a rightward work direction, with a down to the right of slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are both concealed and clipped. The basket has an exterior workface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12187, described as Small old plate form coiled basket. Very grimy from use, quite worn. 2 breaks stitched, one not. 2 vertical designs, repeated; red triangle, outlined by a larger red triangle, sits on the apex of another triangle of this type below it; the other design is a red diamond balanced on a point (vertically) on a red triangle balanced on its apex. Both designs repeated 4 times. Two tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Small coiled bowl, heavily used during food processing. The starting knot is tight. The coil foundation is rod and splint. The weft material is unknown; the designs are possibly in redbud. There are no random rectangles in the design. The basket has a rightward work direction, with a down to the right of slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are both concealed and clipped. The basket has an exterior workface.

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