Per Ralph Shanks and Justin Underhill: 3 tags with cat #, 1 with Wailaki A globular, open work twined hanging basket, 8.5 inches tall. Used (debris on the bottom and exterior fibres at bottom look worn). Warp and weft are peeled shoots except for 2 areas where the shoot is unpeeled. Cross-warp start, followed by 1.5 inches of open-work plain twining, followed by 3 closely spaced weft rows of 3 strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. Between the last 2 visible weft rows there are cross-warps. The rim is wrapped and is formed by 2 rows of peeled shoot weft material, topped by a reinforcing rod and then wrapped all around the rim. Between the last 2 visible rows, a cotton rope has been threaded through and tied off to create a handle. There is an exterior work face with a rightward work direction, slant of west twist is up and to the right. Old cylindrical plain twined openwork basket with hoop about border. Dirty from use but not very worn. There are 3 rows of 3-strand twining from 4.5 - 5.5 cm from basket start. Hoop sewn solidly to top edge. Handle of cotton fabric tied on.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Wailaki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 62 centimeters and height 21 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-6633" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 60" Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 18: olu" Per Ruth Merrill: Warp is Hazel, weft is hazel. White pattern is Beargrass.