Coaster

Museum number:
1-235247
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2861
Description:
Twined. 3 areas of designs based on rectangles. Tag: "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Swastika in ink on back of plaque. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by five weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there is openwork. The rim is formed by at least one weft row of plain twining with one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is wrapped in beargrass and maidenhair fern. The design includes three clusters of triangular elements. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there is one band of design on the back face, in red dyed woodwardia and beargrass. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Whilkut based the band on the back face.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Frank Bishop and Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coasters (containers), and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
September 24, 1975
Context of use:
Novelty. Tourist item. Mate to 1-235250 (coaster)
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 12.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Coaster, accession number 1-235247, described as Twined. 3 areas of designs based on rectangles. Tag: "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Swastika in ink on back of plaque. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by five weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there is openwork. The rim is formed by at least one weft row of plain twining with one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is wrapped in beargrass and maidenhair fern. The design includes three clusters of triangular elements. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there is one band of design on the back face, in red dyed woodwardia and beargrass. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Whilkut based the band on the back face.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Coaster, accession number 1-235247, described as Twined. 3 areas of designs based on rectangles. Tag: "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Swastika in ink on back of plaque. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by five weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there is openwork. The rim is formed by at least one weft row of plain twining with one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is wrapped in beargrass and maidenhair fern. The design includes three clusters of triangular elements. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there is one band of design on the back face, in red dyed woodwardia and beargrass. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Whilkut based the band on the back face.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Coaster, accession number 1-235247, described as Twined. 3 areas of designs based on rectangles. Tag: "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Swastika in ink on back of plaque. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by five weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there is openwork. The rim is formed by at least one weft row of plain twining with one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is wrapped in beargrass and maidenhair fern. The design includes three clusters of triangular elements. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there is one band of design on the back face, in red dyed woodwardia and beargrass. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Whilkut based the band on the back face.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 1-235247, described as Twined. 3 areas of designs based on rectangles. Tag: "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Swastika in ink on back of plaque. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by five weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there is openwork. The rim is formed by at least one weft row of plain twining with one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is wrapped in beargrass and maidenhair fern. The design includes three clusters of triangular elements. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there is one band of design on the back face, in red dyed woodwardia and beargrass. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Whilkut based the band on the back face.

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