Very small burden basket, roughly made but said to be of old Yuki Type. Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "1203". Per Ralph Shanks: Close twined conical gathering basket. Has food residue and use wear. The start is concealed under a leather cap at the base of the basket. The warp foundation is a peeled shoot. The weft materials appear to be conifer root with a design of unpeeled redbud in overlay. The rim has unpeeled redbud and leather lashing holding a reinforcing rod to the interior of the rim. A leather strap is secured on the side with a cloth knot on the interior. The basket is plain twined. The decoration is a single band of unpeeled redbud done in single sided overlay on the exterior of the basket. The rim is clipped. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist.
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:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Burden basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 26.6 centimeters and height 33.4 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p.74: tot itc (itc = little). Regular Yuki kind". Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 89. Per Ruth Merrill: Carrying basket; twined. Warp is Willow, weft is Conifer root. Red pattern is Redbud