Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-12037
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1216 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl, probably a sifter. The basket has food residue. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is mixed rod and splints. The wefts are a peeled redbud and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is a star/ flower formed by five triangles around the base and small lines and rectangles coming off the tips of the triangles. There are random rectangles throughout the basket. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is partially missing, one back stitch remains, at least two wefts or more are missing. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has many split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a variable weft twist.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Maker or artist:
Sister of Long Frank
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9.6 centimeters and diameter 32.7 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 78 wunumol" Photo: 15-4975. Published: AAE XXIV 9 fig 2 and Pl 122a. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 90.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12037, described as Hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl, probably a sifter. The basket has food residue. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is mixed rod and splints. The wefts are a peeled redbud and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is a star/ flower formed by five triangles around the base and small lines and rectangles coming off the tips of the triangles. There are random rectangles throughout the basket. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is partially missing, one back stitch remains, at least two wefts or more are missing. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has many split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a variable weft twist.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12037, described as Hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl, probably a sifter. The basket has food residue. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is mixed rod and splints. The wefts are a peeled redbud and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is a star/ flower formed by five triangles around the base and small lines and rectangles coming off the tips of the triangles. There are random rectangles throughout the basket. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is partially missing, one back stitch remains, at least two wefts or more are missing. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has many split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a variable weft twist.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12037, described as Hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl, probably a sifter. The basket has food residue. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is mixed rod and splints. The wefts are a peeled redbud and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is a star/ flower formed by five triangles around the base and small lines and rectangles coming off the tips of the triangles. There are random rectangles throughout the basket. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is partially missing, one back stitch remains, at least two wefts or more are missing. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has many split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a variable weft twist.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12037, described as Hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl, probably a sifter. The basket has food residue. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is mixed rod and splints. The wefts are a peeled redbud and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is a star/ flower formed by five triangles around the base and small lines and rectangles coming off the tips of the triangles. There are random rectangles throughout the basket. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is partially missing, one back stitch remains, at least two wefts or more are missing. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has many split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a variable weft twist.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12037, described as Hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Shallow coiled basket bowl, probably a sifter. The basket has food residue. The basket has a tight spiral start. The coil foundation is mixed rod and splints. The wefts are a peeled redbud and the weft designs are in unpeeled redbud. The design is a star/ flower formed by five triangles around the base and small lines and rectangles coming off the tips of the triangles. There are random rectangles throughout the basket. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is partially missing, one back stitch remains, at least two wefts or more are missing. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some tucked. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The workface has a few split stitches; the back face has many split stitches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and a variable weft twist.

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