Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-97981
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1153
Description:
Small cup. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, used. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is .25 inch of three strand twining followed plain twining to the edge of the base where there is one band of three strand twining. Plain twining continues up to .25 below the rim where there is a weft row of lattice twining. The main design is a horizontal band of downward pointing triangles coming off of the row of lattice twining. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is only on the outside except for the overlay over the lattice twining. The rim is trimmed. There is some undulation due to the warps. The basket is from Northwest California.
Donor:
Mrs. Charles C. Cushing
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 11 centimeters and height 6.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-97981, described as Small cup. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, used. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is .25 inch of three strand twining followed plain twining to the edge of the base where there is one band of three strand twining. Plain twining continues up to .25 below the rim where there is a weft row of lattice twining. The main design is a horizontal band of downward pointing triangles coming off of the row of lattice twining. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is only on the outside except for the overlay over the lattice twining. The rim is trimmed. There is some undulation due to the warps. The basket is from Northwest California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-97981, described as Small cup. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, used. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is .25 inch of three strand twining followed plain twining to the edge of the base where there is one band of three strand twining. Plain twining continues up to .25 below the rim where there is a weft row of lattice twining. The main design is a horizontal band of downward pointing triangles coming off of the row of lattice twining. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is only on the outside except for the overlay over the lattice twining. The rim is trimmed. There is some undulation due to the warps. The basket is from Northwest California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-97981, described as Small cup. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, used. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is .25 inch of three strand twining followed plain twining to the edge of the base where there is one band of three strand twining. Plain twining continues up to .25 below the rim where there is a weft row of lattice twining. The main design is a horizontal band of downward pointing triangles coming off of the row of lattice twining. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is only on the outside except for the overlay over the lattice twining. The rim is trimmed. There is some undulation due to the warps. The basket is from Northwest California.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-97981, described as Small cup. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, used. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is .25 inch of three strand twining followed plain twining to the edge of the base where there is one band of three strand twining. Plain twining continues up to .25 below the rim where there is a weft row of lattice twining. The main design is a horizontal band of downward pointing triangles coming off of the row of lattice twining. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is only on the outside except for the overlay over the lattice twining. The rim is trimmed. There is some undulation due to the warps. The basket is from Northwest California.

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