Sifting tray

Museum number:
1-16586
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.399
Description:
Sifter basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). White overlay, single-faced, floats on back. Stepped design flanked by linked triangles. 2 shoots are lattice twined on bottom at 4.5-5.5 cm and 12-13 cm from start. Basket was turned inside out after completion. Grimy from use. Lattice twining has come partially undone. String repairs. Also a break in edge and in center.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Antlers, Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Antler
Culture or time period:
Northern Wintun and Wintu
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
November 1910
Materials:
Common beargrass, Pine (wood), and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Sifting basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 69.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-16586, described as Sifter basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). White overlay, single-faced, floats on back. Stepped design flanked by linked triangles. 2 shoots are lattice twined on bottom at 4.5-5.5 cm and 12-13 cm from start. Basket was turned inside out after completion. Grimy from use. Lattice twining has come partially undone. String repairs. Also a break in edge and in center.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-16586, described as Sifter basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). White overlay, single-faced, floats on back. Stepped design flanked by linked triangles. 2 shoots are lattice twined on bottom at 4.5-5.5 cm and 12-13 cm from start. Basket was turned inside out after completion. Grimy from use. Lattice twining has come partially undone. String repairs. Also a break in edge and in center.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-16586, described as Sifter basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). White overlay, single-faced, floats on back. Stepped design flanked by linked triangles. 2 shoots are lattice twined on bottom at 4.5-5.5 cm and 12-13 cm from start. Basket was turned inside out after completion. Grimy from use. Lattice twining has come partially undone. String repairs. Also a break in edge and in center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-16586, described as Sifter basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). White overlay, single-faced, floats on back. Stepped design flanked by linked triangles. 2 shoots are lattice twined on bottom at 4.5-5.5 cm and 12-13 cm from start. Basket was turned inside out after completion. Grimy from use. Lattice twining has come partially undone. String repairs. Also a break in edge and in center.

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