Mat

Museum number:
1-61748
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010061748
Alternate number:
78 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.811
Description:
Twined basketry oval mat. Tag "78". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mat/lid, probably made for sale. The basket has a linear crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there are 3 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim. The design is comprised of a circle of woodwardia surrounded by black lines, followed by two rows of triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is one sided. The rim is trimmed. On the opposite side of the overlay there is a reinforcing rod near the rim. There are hairs woven into the basket.
Donor:
Sarah Levy and Sophia Hazel Levy McDonald
Collection place:
Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Sarah Levy
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Grass (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 14.3 centimeters and length 27 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mat, accession number 1-61748, described as Twined basketry oval mat. Tag "78". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mat/lid, probably made for sale. The basket has a linear crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there are 3 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim. The design is comprised of a circle of woodwardia surrounded by black lines, followed by two rows of triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is one sided. The rim is trimmed. On the opposite side of the overlay there is a reinforcing rod near the rim. There are hairs woven into the basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mat, accession number 1-61748, described as Twined basketry oval mat. Tag "78". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mat/lid, probably made for sale. The basket has a linear crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there are 3 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim. The design is comprised of a circle of woodwardia surrounded by black lines, followed by two rows of triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is one sided. The rim is trimmed. On the opposite side of the overlay there is a reinforcing rod near the rim. There are hairs woven into the basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 1-61748, described as Twined basketry oval mat. Tag "78". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mat/lid, probably made for sale. The basket has a linear crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there are 3 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim. The design is comprised of a circle of woodwardia surrounded by black lines, followed by two rows of triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is one sided. The rim is trimmed. On the opposite side of the overlay there is a reinforcing rod near the rim. There are hairs woven into the basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 1-61748, described as Twined basketry oval mat. Tag "78". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mat/lid, probably made for sale. The basket has a linear crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there are 3 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim. The design is comprised of a circle of woodwardia surrounded by black lines, followed by two rows of triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is one sided. The rim is trimmed. On the opposite side of the overlay there is a reinforcing rod near the rim. There are hairs woven into the basket.

Tools