Sifting tray

Museum number:
1-11995
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1166 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Small, hemispherical, coiled. "wunkat" = flat basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue, according to the informant Molly Haynew this basket was used as a sifter. There are some burns on the interior that might indicate parching. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is three rod with some splints towards the base. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud, as well as a black material. The design is diagonal stacked rectangles on the sides of the basket, as well as a horizontal band at the base. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is missing, around 3/4 of an inch is gone. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked and a few concealed. The weft moving ends are concealed, with some clipped. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has up to 70% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. Due to the small coil width this may be Wailaki.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Pit River, Wailaki, and Yuki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Supplementary Cat. 1,pg.60ff "Molly Heynew ways that her mother used to used for sifting acorn meal a flat plate-form utensil made of solid piece of board. This is the sort used by the Pit River people. She also has a flat plateform basket resembling Yuki
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 8.3 centimeters and diameter 32.3 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p.63: wunkat flat basket" "p. 60 ff. Pit River Molly Haynew says that her mother used to use for sifiting acorn meal a flat plate-form utensil made of a solid piece of board. This is the sort used by the Pit River people. She also has a flat plateform basket resembling Yuki weaving but almost as flat as a Miwok sifter, which she says was made by Wailaki, but [she] is not certain whether this is regular Wailaki make or is made after Yuki fashion. Others say Wailaki never made coiled basketry at all, though some claim that they did." Photo: 15-4973. Published: AAE XXIV 9 Pl 121 c. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 90.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11995, described as Small, hemispherical, coiled. "wunkat" = flat basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue, according to the informant Molly Haynew this basket was used as a sifter. There are some burns on the interior that might indicate parching. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is three rod with some splints towards the base. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud, as well as a black material. The design is diagonal stacked rectangles on the sides of the basket, as well as a horizontal band at the base. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is missing, around 3/4 of an inch is gone. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked and a few concealed. The weft moving ends are concealed, with some clipped. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has up to 70% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. Due to the small coil width this may be Wailaki.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11995, described as Small, hemispherical, coiled. "wunkat" = flat basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue, according to the informant Molly Haynew this basket was used as a sifter. There are some burns on the interior that might indicate parching. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is three rod with some splints towards the base. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud, as well as a black material. The design is diagonal stacked rectangles on the sides of the basket, as well as a horizontal band at the base. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is missing, around 3/4 of an inch is gone. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked and a few concealed. The weft moving ends are concealed, with some clipped. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has up to 70% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. Due to the small coil width this may be Wailaki.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11995, described as Small, hemispherical, coiled. "wunkat" = flat basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue, according to the informant Molly Haynew this basket was used as a sifter. There are some burns on the interior that might indicate parching. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is three rod with some splints towards the base. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud, as well as a black material. The design is diagonal stacked rectangles on the sides of the basket, as well as a horizontal band at the base. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is missing, around 3/4 of an inch is gone. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked and a few concealed. The weft moving ends are concealed, with some clipped. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has up to 70% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. Due to the small coil width this may be Wailaki.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11995, described as Small, hemispherical, coiled. "wunkat" = flat basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue, according to the informant Molly Haynew this basket was used as a sifter. There are some burns on the interior that might indicate parching. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is three rod with some splints towards the base. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud, as well as a black material. The design is diagonal stacked rectangles on the sides of the basket, as well as a horizontal band at the base. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is missing, around 3/4 of an inch is gone. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked and a few concealed. The weft moving ends are concealed, with some clipped. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has up to 70% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. Due to the small coil width this may be Wailaki.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11995, described as Small, hemispherical, coiled. "wunkat" = flat basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl. The basket has food residue, according to the informant Molly Haynew this basket was used as a sifter. There are some burns on the interior that might indicate parching. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is three rod with some splints towards the base. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud, as well as a black material. The design is diagonal stacked rectangles on the sides of the basket, as well as a horizontal band at the base. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is missing, around 3/4 of an inch is gone. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked and a few concealed. The weft moving ends are concealed, with some clipped. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has up to 70% split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. Due to the small coil width this may be Wailaki.

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