Sifting tray

Museum number:
1-12042
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1283 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Small plate form coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting. The basket has food debris inside it. The basket has a coiled start. The basket has a splint foundation. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design is two horizontal bands, with small squares inside them. The rim is all unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is slightly tapered with four back stitches. The weft fag ends are bound under and clipped. The moving ends are concealed. Most of the stitches are split on the back face, and are interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Wailaki and Yuki
Maker or artist:
Lizzie Sam
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:
Sifter.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 26.3 centimeters and height 7.6 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 98: wunumol sifter" Photo: 15-4977. Published: AAE XXIV, 9, Pl. 123 a. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 91. Per Ruth Merrill: Plate basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood, weft is Redbud sapwood. Red pattern is Redbud bark.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12042, described as Small plate form coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting. The basket has food debris inside it. The basket has a coiled start. The basket has a splint foundation. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design is two horizontal bands, with small squares inside them. The rim is all unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is slightly tapered with four back stitches. The weft fag ends are bound under and clipped. The moving ends are concealed. Most of the stitches are split on the back face, and are interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12042, described as Small plate form coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting. The basket has food debris inside it. The basket has a coiled start. The basket has a splint foundation. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design is two horizontal bands, with small squares inside them. The rim is all unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is slightly tapered with four back stitches. The weft fag ends are bound under and clipped. The moving ends are concealed. Most of the stitches are split on the back face, and are interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12042, described as Small plate form coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting. The basket has food debris inside it. The basket has a coiled start. The basket has a splint foundation. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design is two horizontal bands, with small squares inside them. The rim is all unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is slightly tapered with four back stitches. The weft fag ends are bound under and clipped. The moving ends are concealed. Most of the stitches are split on the back face, and are interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12042, described as Small plate form coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting. The basket has food debris inside it. The basket has a coiled start. The basket has a splint foundation. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design is two horizontal bands, with small squares inside them. The rim is all unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is slightly tapered with four back stitches. The weft fag ends are bound under and clipped. The moving ends are concealed. Most of the stitches are split on the back face, and are interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.

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