Flask

Museum number:
1-97963
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1147
Description:
Covered with basketry jacket. Tags "Klamath River tribes unspec.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass liquor bottle with basketry cap. Rectangular crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft design overlay is maidenhair fern and beargrass. Starting after the starting knot, there is 1/4 inch of plain twining followed by 3/4 inch of three strand twining followed by one weft of plain twining. This is followed by a half inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by a single weft row of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of parallel openwork, followed by one weft row of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. This general pattern repeats twice more up to the neck. After the uppermost openwork there is a single weft row of plain twining followed by a 1/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by a mixture of three strand and plain twining up to the rim. The cap is stuck on the basket. The cap has conifer root wefts with no overlay. The whole cap is done in three strand twining except for a 1/4 inch of plain twining 1/4 inch from the crossed warp start. The design on the main bottle is horizontal lines of maidenhair fern and beargrass. The rim is trimmed. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Donor:
W. S. Everts
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
W. S. Everts
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1954
Context of use:
Whisky flask.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 20.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Flask, accession number 1-97963, described as Covered with basketry jacket. Tags "Klamath River tribes unspec.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass liquor bottle with basketry cap. Rectangular crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft design overlay is maidenhair fern and beargrass. Starting after the starting knot, there is 1/4 inch of plain twining followed by 3/4 inch of three strand twining followed by one weft of plain twining. This is followed by a half inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by a single weft row of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of parallel openwork, followed by one weft row of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. This general pattern repeats twice more up to the neck. After the uppermost openwork there is a single weft row of plain twining followed by a 1/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by a mixture of three strand and plain twining up to the rim. The cap is stuck on the basket. The cap has conifer root wefts with no overlay. The whole cap is done in three strand twining except for a 1/4 inch of plain twining 1/4 inch from the crossed warp start. The design on the main bottle is horizontal lines of maidenhair fern and beargrass. The rim is trimmed. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Flask, accession number 1-97963, described as Covered with basketry jacket. Tags "Klamath River tribes unspec.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass liquor bottle with basketry cap. Rectangular crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft design overlay is maidenhair fern and beargrass. Starting after the starting knot, there is 1/4 inch of plain twining followed by 3/4 inch of three strand twining followed by one weft of plain twining. This is followed by a half inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by a single weft row of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of parallel openwork, followed by one weft row of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. This general pattern repeats twice more up to the neck. After the uppermost openwork there is a single weft row of plain twining followed by a 1/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by a mixture of three strand and plain twining up to the rim. The cap is stuck on the basket. The cap has conifer root wefts with no overlay. The whole cap is done in three strand twining except for a 1/4 inch of plain twining 1/4 inch from the crossed warp start. The design on the main bottle is horizontal lines of maidenhair fern and beargrass. The rim is trimmed. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flask, accession number 1-97963, described as Covered with basketry jacket. Tags "Klamath River tribes unspec.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass liquor bottle with basketry cap. Rectangular crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft design overlay is maidenhair fern and beargrass. Starting after the starting knot, there is 1/4 inch of plain twining followed by 3/4 inch of three strand twining followed by one weft of plain twining. This is followed by a half inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by a single weft row of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of parallel openwork, followed by one weft row of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. This general pattern repeats twice more up to the neck. After the uppermost openwork there is a single weft row of plain twining followed by a 1/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by a mixture of three strand and plain twining up to the rim. The cap is stuck on the basket. The cap has conifer root wefts with no overlay. The whole cap is done in three strand twining except for a 1/4 inch of plain twining 1/4 inch from the crossed warp start. The design on the main bottle is horizontal lines of maidenhair fern and beargrass. The rim is trimmed. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flask, accession number 1-97963, described as Covered with basketry jacket. Tags "Klamath River tribes unspec.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass liquor bottle with basketry cap. Rectangular crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft design overlay is maidenhair fern and beargrass. Starting after the starting knot, there is 1/4 inch of plain twining followed by 3/4 inch of three strand twining followed by one weft of plain twining. This is followed by a half inch of parallel warp openwork, followed by a single weft row of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of parallel openwork, followed by one weft row of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. This general pattern repeats twice more up to the neck. After the uppermost openwork there is a single weft row of plain twining followed by a 1/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by a mixture of three strand and plain twining up to the rim. The cap is stuck on the basket. The cap has conifer root wefts with no overlay. The whole cap is done in three strand twining except for a 1/4 inch of plain twining 1/4 inch from the crossed warp start. The design on the main bottle is horizontal lines of maidenhair fern and beargrass. The rim is trimmed. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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