Basket tray

Museum number:
1-11977
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1143 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Flat openwork tray with warp turned down border. Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Two tags say "Yuki". Shallow broad plain-twined tray, probably used. Basket start is cross-warp, warp material is probably redbud shoots and the wefts are peeled redbud and sapwood (interior of the redbud). At the rim the warps are bent down to the exterior of the basket, there is no design present. Work face is exterior and work direction is to the right. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right. A hair is present on the interior face.
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:
Wife of Dutchman
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket trays, Trays, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 12.2 centimeters and diameter 55.5 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 53: opetc N.B. border" Photo: 15-8664. Published: AAE XXIV 9 Pl 127 c. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 89. Per Ruth Merrill: Openwork basket; twined. Warp is willow, weft is willow bark.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket tray, accession number 1-11977, described as Flat openwork tray with warp turned down border. Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Two tags say "Yuki". Shallow broad plain-twined tray, probably used. Basket start is cross-warp, warp material is probably redbud shoots and the wefts are peeled redbud and sapwood (interior of the redbud). At the rim the warps are bent down to the exterior of the basket, there is no design present. Work face is exterior and work direction is to the right. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right. A hair is present on the interior face.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket tray, accession number 1-11977, described as Flat openwork tray with warp turned down border. Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Two tags say "Yuki". Shallow broad plain-twined tray, probably used. Basket start is cross-warp, warp material is probably redbud shoots and the wefts are peeled redbud and sapwood (interior of the redbud). At the rim the warps are bent down to the exterior of the basket, there is no design present. Work face is exterior and work direction is to the right. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right. A hair is present on the interior face.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-11977, described as Flat openwork tray with warp turned down border. Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Two tags say "Yuki". Shallow broad plain-twined tray, probably used. Basket start is cross-warp, warp material is probably redbud shoots and the wefts are peeled redbud and sapwood (interior of the redbud). At the rim the warps are bent down to the exterior of the basket, there is no design present. Work face is exterior and work direction is to the right. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right. A hair is present on the interior face.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-11977, described as Flat openwork tray with warp turned down border. Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Two tags say "Yuki". Shallow broad plain-twined tray, probably used. Basket start is cross-warp, warp material is probably redbud shoots and the wefts are peeled redbud and sapwood (interior of the redbud). At the rim the warps are bent down to the exterior of the basket, there is no design present. Work face is exterior and work direction is to the right. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right. A hair is present on the interior face.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-11977, described as Flat openwork tray with warp turned down border. Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Two tags say "Yuki". Shallow broad plain-twined tray, probably used. Basket start is cross-warp, warp material is probably redbud shoots and the wefts are peeled redbud and sapwood (interior of the redbud). At the rim the warps are bent down to the exterior of the basket, there is no design present. Work face is exterior and work direction is to the right. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right. A hair is present on the interior face.

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