Miniature basket

Museum number:
1-164454
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2029
Description:
Small model of twined acorn meal and seed tray basin. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Small model of twined acorn meal and seed tray basin. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, which is slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia fern. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for another .5 inch, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the .5 from the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim. The rim is trimmed. Several strands of cordage hold down the end of the rim. The design at the start is a band of vertical lines of beargrass, red dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. There are three main design elements. Two are comprised of woodwardia and maidenhair triangles and rectangles; the third is comprised of rectangles with diagonal beargrass lines through it. At the rim are diagonal hatches of maidenhair and woodwardia fern, above which is a band of conifer root, above which there are three rectangles of woodwardia and maidenhair fern, also with diagonal beargrass lines through them. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is one-sided. The workface is on the interior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Donor:
Louise Heintz
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Edward K. Schaad
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Miniature (size attribute), and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 21 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-164454, described as Small model of twined acorn meal and seed tray basin. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Small model of twined acorn meal and seed tray basin. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, which is slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia fern. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for another .5 inch, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the .5 from the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim. The rim is trimmed. Several strands of cordage hold down the end of the rim. The design at the start is a band of vertical lines of beargrass, red dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. There are three main design elements. Two are comprised of woodwardia and maidenhair triangles and rectangles; the third is comprised of rectangles with diagonal beargrass lines through it. At the rim are diagonal hatches of maidenhair and woodwardia fern, above which is a band of conifer root, above which there are three rectangles of woodwardia and maidenhair fern, also with diagonal beargrass lines through them. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is one-sided. The workface is on the interior. The basket is from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-164454, described as Small model of twined acorn meal and seed tray basin. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Small model of twined acorn meal and seed tray basin. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, which is slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia fern. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for another .5 inch, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the .5 from the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim. The rim is trimmed. Several strands of cordage hold down the end of the rim. The design at the start is a band of vertical lines of beargrass, red dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. There are three main design elements. Two are comprised of woodwardia and maidenhair triangles and rectangles; the third is comprised of rectangles with diagonal beargrass lines through it. At the rim are diagonal hatches of maidenhair and woodwardia fern, above which is a band of conifer root, above which there are three rectangles of woodwardia and maidenhair fern, also with diagonal beargrass lines through them. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is one-sided. The workface is on the interior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-164454, described as Small model of twined acorn meal and seed tray basin. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Small model of twined acorn meal and seed tray basin. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, which is slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia fern. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for another .5 inch, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the .5 from the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim. The rim is trimmed. Several strands of cordage hold down the end of the rim. The design at the start is a band of vertical lines of beargrass, red dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. There are three main design elements. Two are comprised of woodwardia and maidenhair triangles and rectangles; the third is comprised of rectangles with diagonal beargrass lines through it. At the rim are diagonal hatches of maidenhair and woodwardia fern, above which is a band of conifer root, above which there are three rectangles of woodwardia and maidenhair fern, also with diagonal beargrass lines through them. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is one-sided. The workface is on the interior. The basket is from Northwestern California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-164454, described as Small model of twined acorn meal and seed tray basin. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Small model of twined acorn meal and seed tray basin. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, which is slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia fern. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for another .5 inch, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the .5 from the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim. The rim is trimmed. Several strands of cordage hold down the end of the rim. The design at the start is a band of vertical lines of beargrass, red dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. There are three main design elements. Two are comprised of woodwardia and maidenhair triangles and rectangles; the third is comprised of rectangles with diagonal beargrass lines through it. At the rim are diagonal hatches of maidenhair and woodwardia fern, above which is a band of conifer root, above which there are three rectangles of woodwardia and maidenhair fern, also with diagonal beargrass lines through them. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is one-sided. The workface is on the interior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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