Mortar basket

Museum number:
1-12056
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1288 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Mortar basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used with some debris and use wear at base. The basket start is missing. The warp material is a peeled shoot. The background wefts are sedge root and the weft design material is unpeeled redbud and the backside (white side) of redbud. The basket is lattice twined up to the last three weft rows, which are plain twined, followed by one row of plain twining over two warps. The design has three elements, starting near the base there are two parallel bands, followed by two bands of alternating unpeeled and flipped white redbud rectangles, followed by one band of differing sized rectangles of the same material. There is a break/ dau in each of the designs. The rim is wrapped with a tan peeled shoot. The warps are trimmed at the rim. There is a reinforcing rod wrapped on the top interior of the rim. There are four groups of three to four rim wrapping/reinforcing stiches that extend five weft rows below the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, techniques, and Barrett's documentation this basket is Huchnom.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Huchnom
Maker or artist:
Louise Hudson
Collector:
Sally Moore [Yuki], Samuel A. Barrett, and Sarah Scott
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mortar baskets (baskets by function), Mortar baskets (food processing), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 13.6 centimeters and diameter 48.5 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes,p.99: kol. Given to her [Sally Moore] by Lizzie Scott's mother, a Yuki, who received it from Louise Hudson, a Redwood, who made it. Apropos of this it should be noted that I just saw at Louise Hudson's a typical Pomo burden [basket] which they insisted was Redwood type. Later. Lizzie Scott's mother recognized this as regular Redwood kind." Photo: 15-8664. Published: AAE XXIV, 9, Pl 121 d. Remarks: Note the similarity of this to Pomo. For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 89. Per Ruth Merrill: Mortar asket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood, weft is Redbud wood. Red pattern is Redbud bark. Willow hoop bound with grape.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12056, described as Mortar basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used with some debris and use wear at base. The basket start is missing. The warp material is a peeled shoot. The background wefts are sedge root and the weft design material is unpeeled redbud and the backside (white side) of redbud. The basket is lattice twined up to the last three weft rows, which are plain twined, followed by one row of plain twining over two warps. The design has three elements, starting near the base there are two parallel bands, followed by two bands of alternating unpeeled and flipped white redbud rectangles, followed by one band of differing sized rectangles of the same material. There is a break/ dau in each of the designs. The rim is wrapped with a tan peeled shoot. The warps are trimmed at the rim. There is a reinforcing rod wrapped on the top interior of the rim. There are four groups of three to four rim wrapping/reinforcing stiches that extend five weft rows below the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, techniques, and Barrett's documentation this basket is Huchnom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12056, described as Mortar basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used with some debris and use wear at base. The basket start is missing. The warp material is a peeled shoot. The background wefts are sedge root and the weft design material is unpeeled redbud and the backside (white side) of redbud. The basket is lattice twined up to the last three weft rows, which are plain twined, followed by one row of plain twining over two warps. The design has three elements, starting near the base there are two parallel bands, followed by two bands of alternating unpeeled and flipped white redbud rectangles, followed by one band of differing sized rectangles of the same material. There is a break/ dau in each of the designs. The rim is wrapped with a tan peeled shoot. The warps are trimmed at the rim. There is a reinforcing rod wrapped on the top interior of the rim. There are four groups of three to four rim wrapping/reinforcing stiches that extend five weft rows below the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, techniques, and Barrett's documentation this basket is Huchnom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12056, described as Mortar basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used with some debris and use wear at base. The basket start is missing. The warp material is a peeled shoot. The background wefts are sedge root and the weft design material is unpeeled redbud and the backside (white side) of redbud. The basket is lattice twined up to the last three weft rows, which are plain twined, followed by one row of plain twining over two warps. The design has three elements, starting near the base there are two parallel bands, followed by two bands of alternating unpeeled and flipped white redbud rectangles, followed by one band of differing sized rectangles of the same material. There is a break/ dau in each of the designs. The rim is wrapped with a tan peeled shoot. The warps are trimmed at the rim. There is a reinforcing rod wrapped on the top interior of the rim. There are four groups of three to four rim wrapping/reinforcing stiches that extend five weft rows below the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, techniques, and Barrett's documentation this basket is Huchnom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-12056, described as Mortar basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket, used with some debris and use wear at base. The basket start is missing. The warp material is a peeled shoot. The background wefts are sedge root and the weft design material is unpeeled redbud and the backside (white side) of redbud. The basket is lattice twined up to the last three weft rows, which are plain twined, followed by one row of plain twining over two warps. The design has three elements, starting near the base there are two parallel bands, followed by two bands of alternating unpeeled and flipped white redbud rectangles, followed by one band of differing sized rectangles of the same material. There is a break/ dau in each of the designs. The rim is wrapped with a tan peeled shoot. The warps are trimmed at the rim. There is a reinforcing rod wrapped on the top interior of the rim. There are four groups of three to four rim wrapping/reinforcing stiches that extend five weft rows below the rim. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Based on the materials, techniques, and Barrett's documentation this basket is Huchnom.

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