Storage basket

Museum number:
1-11963
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1126 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Deep hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "Yuki Coiled technique, storage basket, split willow foundation, sewing in redbud bark and white stems made in Mendocino County in 1906". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled storage basket. There is no residue. The starting knot is coiled and sewn over. The coil foundation is said to be willow splints, per the note with basket. The weft background is peeled redbud and the weft design is unpeeled redbud. The design is two sets of three stepped horizontal bands as well as a design on the base and a one coil wide band and rectangle design four rows below the rim. There are many random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with unpeeled redbud. The rim coil ending is blunt with four diagonal overstitches. The weft fag ends are bound under, with some clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft stiches on the interior are more than 50% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. This basket has typical Yuki style, materials, and techniques.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Maker or artist:
Mother of John Lawlor
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 21.6 centimeters and diameter 46.4 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 45: til cooloc = bark breaking, name of design co = bark lat = to break Though upper design is also called the same." Photo: 15-4974. Published: BAEB 78 Pl 75 AAE XXIV 9 fig 2 and Pl 120 b. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 92. Per Ruth Merrill: Storage basket; coiled. Warp is Willow and Redbud, weft is Redbud. Red pattern is Redbud bark.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11963, described as Deep hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "Yuki Coiled technique, storage basket, split willow foundation, sewing in redbud bark and white stems made in Mendocino County in 1906". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled storage basket. There is no residue. The starting knot is coiled and sewn over. The coil foundation is said to be willow splints, per the note with basket. The weft background is peeled redbud and the weft design is unpeeled redbud. The design is two sets of three stepped horizontal bands as well as a design on the base and a one coil wide band and rectangle design four rows below the rim. There are many random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with unpeeled redbud. The rim coil ending is blunt with four diagonal overstitches. The weft fag ends are bound under, with some clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft stiches on the interior are more than 50% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. This basket has typical Yuki style, materials, and techniques.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11963, described as Deep hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "Yuki Coiled technique, storage basket, split willow foundation, sewing in redbud bark and white stems made in Mendocino County in 1906". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled storage basket. There is no residue. The starting knot is coiled and sewn over. The coil foundation is said to be willow splints, per the note with basket. The weft background is peeled redbud and the weft design is unpeeled redbud. The design is two sets of three stepped horizontal bands as well as a design on the base and a one coil wide band and rectangle design four rows below the rim. There are many random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with unpeeled redbud. The rim coil ending is blunt with four diagonal overstitches. The weft fag ends are bound under, with some clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft stiches on the interior are more than 50% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. This basket has typical Yuki style, materials, and techniques.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11963, described as Deep hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "Yuki Coiled technique, storage basket, split willow foundation, sewing in redbud bark and white stems made in Mendocino County in 1906". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled storage basket. There is no residue. The starting knot is coiled and sewn over. The coil foundation is said to be willow splints, per the note with basket. The weft background is peeled redbud and the weft design is unpeeled redbud. The design is two sets of three stepped horizontal bands as well as a design on the base and a one coil wide band and rectangle design four rows below the rim. There are many random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with unpeeled redbud. The rim coil ending is blunt with four diagonal overstitches. The weft fag ends are bound under, with some clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft stiches on the interior are more than 50% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. This basket has typical Yuki style, materials, and techniques.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11963, described as Deep hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "Yuki Coiled technique, storage basket, split willow foundation, sewing in redbud bark and white stems made in Mendocino County in 1906". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled storage basket. There is no residue. The starting knot is coiled and sewn over. The coil foundation is said to be willow splints, per the note with basket. The weft background is peeled redbud and the weft design is unpeeled redbud. The design is two sets of three stepped horizontal bands as well as a design on the base and a one coil wide band and rectangle design four rows below the rim. There are many random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with unpeeled redbud. The rim coil ending is blunt with four diagonal overstitches. The weft fag ends are bound under, with some clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft stiches on the interior are more than 50% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. This basket has typical Yuki style, materials, and techniques.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11963, described as Deep hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "Yuki Coiled technique, storage basket, split willow foundation, sewing in redbud bark and white stems made in Mendocino County in 1906". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled storage basket. There is no residue. The starting knot is coiled and sewn over. The coil foundation is said to be willow splints, per the note with basket. The weft background is peeled redbud and the weft design is unpeeled redbud. The design is two sets of three stepped horizontal bands as well as a design on the base and a one coil wide band and rectangle design four rows below the rim. There are many random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped with unpeeled redbud. The rim coil ending is blunt with four diagonal overstitches. The weft fag ends are bound under, with some clipped. The weft moving ends are concealed. The weft stiches on the exterior are less than 5% split. The weft stiches on the interior are more than 50% split. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. This basket has typical Yuki style, materials, and techniques.

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