Coaster

Museum number:
1-235251
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2861
Description:
Twined. Zigzag design band. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". There is a swastika in ink on the backface of the basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or possibly hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and red dyed woodwardia. From the starting knot there is plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. That is followed by a .25 inch of openwork done in crossed warps. The rim is formed by at least one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is covered with beargrass. The design is comprised of horizontal bands of alternating beargrass and red dyed woodwardia, with a horizontal band of zigzags at middle. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there are two bands of designs on the backface. The basket is possibly Whilkut, based the bands on the backface.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Frank Bishop and Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coasters (containers), and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
September 24, 1975
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 13.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coaster, accession number 1-235251, described as Twined. Zigzag design band. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". There is a swastika in ink on the backface of the basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or possibly hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and red dyed woodwardia. From the starting knot there is plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. That is followed by a .25 inch of openwork done in crossed warps. The rim is formed by at least one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is covered with beargrass. The design is comprised of horizontal bands of alternating beargrass and red dyed woodwardia, with a horizontal band of zigzags at middle. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there are two bands of designs on the backface. The basket is possibly Whilkut, based the bands on the backface.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coaster, accession number 1-235251, described as Twined. Zigzag design band. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". There is a swastika in ink on the backface of the basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or possibly hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and red dyed woodwardia. From the starting knot there is plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. That is followed by a .25 inch of openwork done in crossed warps. The rim is formed by at least one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is covered with beargrass. The design is comprised of horizontal bands of alternating beargrass and red dyed woodwardia, with a horizontal band of zigzags at middle. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there are two bands of designs on the backface. The basket is possibly Whilkut, based the bands on the backface.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 1-235251, described as Twined. Zigzag design band. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". There is a swastika in ink on the backface of the basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or possibly hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and red dyed woodwardia. From the starting knot there is plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. That is followed by a .25 inch of openwork done in crossed warps. The rim is formed by at least one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is covered with beargrass. The design is comprised of horizontal bands of alternating beargrass and red dyed woodwardia, with a horizontal band of zigzags at middle. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there are two bands of designs on the backface. The basket is possibly Whilkut, based the bands on the backface.

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