Cooking basket

Museum number:
1-11878
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1002 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Small flaring coiled basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl, used, with food residue and a few burns. The basket is in the shape of an under-sized Yuki cooking basket. Tight spiral start. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending with one back stitch. The designs are one coil wide horizontal broken lines. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and the majority of wefts have a down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily concealed. The weft moving ends are tucked. The weft stitches are often split.
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:
Julia Wood
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Cooking baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 8.6 centimeters and diameter 29.9 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes: pa't" (p.7)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11878, described as Small flaring coiled basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl, used, with food residue and a few burns. The basket is in the shape of an under-sized Yuki cooking basket. Tight spiral start. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending with one back stitch. The designs are one coil wide horizontal broken lines. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and the majority of wefts have a down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily concealed. The weft moving ends are tucked. The weft stitches are often split.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11878, described as Small flaring coiled basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl, used, with food residue and a few burns. The basket is in the shape of an under-sized Yuki cooking basket. Tight spiral start. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending with one back stitch. The designs are one coil wide horizontal broken lines. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and the majority of wefts have a down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily concealed. The weft moving ends are tucked. The weft stitches are often split.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11878, described as Small flaring coiled basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl, used, with food residue and a few burns. The basket is in the shape of an under-sized Yuki cooking basket. Tight spiral start. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending with one back stitch. The designs are one coil wide horizontal broken lines. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and the majority of wefts have a down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily concealed. The weft moving ends are tucked. The weft stitches are often split.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11878, described as Small flaring coiled basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl, used, with food residue and a few burns. The basket is in the shape of an under-sized Yuki cooking basket. Tight spiral start. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending with one back stitch. The designs are one coil wide horizontal broken lines. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and the majority of wefts have a down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily concealed. The weft moving ends are tucked. The weft stitches are often split.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11878, described as Small flaring coiled basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl, used, with food residue and a few burns. The basket is in the shape of an under-sized Yuki cooking basket. Tight spiral start. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending with one back stitch. The designs are one coil wide horizontal broken lines. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and the majority of wefts have a down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily concealed. The weft moving ends are tucked. The weft stitches are often split.

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