Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-12189
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012189
Alternate number:
1322 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Large old plate form coiled basket. Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 109: "tcegat" . Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled cooking basket with flaring sides, used. The start is plain twined, and 3/4 inch in diameter, slightly indented, the basket turns into coiling thereafter. The warps are rods and splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with a tapered ending. There are several horizontal bands of design, with five checkered rows, followed by a mottled band, followed by six solid rows. There are many Yuki-style signature rectangles. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. About a 1/4 of the stitches are split, mostly towards the rim. The fag ends are concealed. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. Coiled Wailaki baskets of this size are very rare.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Wailaki
Maker or artist:
Wife of Captain Jim
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets, Coiled weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 109: "tcegat" Photo: "15-6635 15-8628" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 59" Per Ruth Merrill: Warp and weft are Hazel.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12189, described as Large old plate form coiled basket. Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 109: "tcegat" . Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled cooking basket with flaring sides, used. The start is plain twined, and 3/4 inch in diameter, slightly indented, the basket turns into coiling thereafter. The warps are rods and splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with a tapered ending. There are several horizontal bands of design, with five checkered rows, followed by a mottled band, followed by six solid rows. There are many Yuki-style signature rectangles. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. About a 1/4 of the stitches are split, mostly towards the rim. The fag ends are concealed. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. Coiled Wailaki baskets of this size are very rare.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12189, described as Large old plate form coiled basket. Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 109: "tcegat" . Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled cooking basket with flaring sides, used. The start is plain twined, and 3/4 inch in diameter, slightly indented, the basket turns into coiling thereafter. The warps are rods and splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with a tapered ending. There are several horizontal bands of design, with five checkered rows, followed by a mottled band, followed by six solid rows. There are many Yuki-style signature rectangles. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. About a 1/4 of the stitches are split, mostly towards the rim. The fag ends are concealed. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. Coiled Wailaki baskets of this size are very rare.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12189, described as Large old plate form coiled basket. Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 109: "tcegat" . Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled cooking basket with flaring sides, used. The start is plain twined, and 3/4 inch in diameter, slightly indented, the basket turns into coiling thereafter. The warps are rods and splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with a tapered ending. There are several horizontal bands of design, with five checkered rows, followed by a mottled band, followed by six solid rows. There are many Yuki-style signature rectangles. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. About a 1/4 of the stitches are split, mostly towards the rim. The fag ends are concealed. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. Coiled Wailaki baskets of this size are very rare.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12189, described as Large old plate form coiled basket. Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 109: "tcegat" . Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled cooking basket with flaring sides, used. The start is plain twined, and 3/4 inch in diameter, slightly indented, the basket turns into coiling thereafter. The warps are rods and splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with a tapered ending. There are several horizontal bands of design, with five checkered rows, followed by a mottled band, followed by six solid rows. There are many Yuki-style signature rectangles. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. About a 1/4 of the stitches are split, mostly towards the rim. The fag ends are concealed. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. Coiled Wailaki baskets of this size are very rare.

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