Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-59990
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
24 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4195
Description:
Round with flat base, sides slightly incurving, reinforced rim around base. Circular geometric design in brown and straw color with narrow black stripes. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, dyed woodwardia fern and maidenhair fern half twist. Tag "N. W. Calif. Att.". Paper tag "#24 Scott Loan". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft design overlay is beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is a .5 inch of three strand twining. After that .5 inch of plain twining followed by .5 inch of diagonal twining followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues until the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The design at the base is a band of diagonal beargrass and maidenhair fern followed by one weft row of red-dyed woodwardia. After that is a weft row of alternating beargrass and conifer root. After that is another band of alternating beargrass and woodwardia fern, outlined by beargrass. On the sides are three stepped red pyramids outlined in beargrass with a black line of woodwardia running through them. The rim has another band of alternating woodwardia and beargrass. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The basket is from Northwest California, maybe Karuk or Yurok.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
White grass
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 19, 1986
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 10 centimeters and height 7.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-59990, described as Round with flat base, sides slightly incurving, reinforced rim around base. Circular geometric design in brown and straw color with narrow black stripes. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, dyed woodwardia fern and maidenhair fern half twist. Tag "N. W. Calif. Att.". Paper tag "#24 Scott Loan". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft design overlay is beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is a .5 inch of three strand twining. After that .5 inch of plain twining followed by .5 inch of diagonal twining followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues until the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The design at the base is a band of diagonal beargrass and maidenhair fern followed by one weft row of red-dyed woodwardia. After that is a weft row of alternating beargrass and conifer root. After that is another band of alternating beargrass and woodwardia fern, outlined by beargrass. On the sides are three stepped red pyramids outlined in beargrass with a black line of woodwardia running through them. The rim has another band of alternating woodwardia and beargrass. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The basket is from Northwest California, maybe Karuk or Yurok.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-59990, described as Round with flat base, sides slightly incurving, reinforced rim around base. Circular geometric design in brown and straw color with narrow black stripes. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, dyed woodwardia fern and maidenhair fern half twist. Tag "N. W. Calif. Att.". Paper tag "#24 Scott Loan". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft design overlay is beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is a .5 inch of three strand twining. After that .5 inch of plain twining followed by .5 inch of diagonal twining followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues until the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The design at the base is a band of diagonal beargrass and maidenhair fern followed by one weft row of red-dyed woodwardia. After that is a weft row of alternating beargrass and conifer root. After that is another band of alternating beargrass and woodwardia fern, outlined by beargrass. On the sides are three stepped red pyramids outlined in beargrass with a black line of woodwardia running through them. The rim has another band of alternating woodwardia and beargrass. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The basket is from Northwest California, maybe Karuk or Yurok.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-59990, described as Round with flat base, sides slightly incurving, reinforced rim around base. Circular geometric design in brown and straw color with narrow black stripes. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, dyed woodwardia fern and maidenhair fern half twist. Tag "N. W. Calif. Att.". Paper tag "#24 Scott Loan". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft design overlay is beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is a .5 inch of three strand twining. After that .5 inch of plain twining followed by .5 inch of diagonal twining followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues until the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The design at the base is a band of diagonal beargrass and maidenhair fern followed by one weft row of red-dyed woodwardia. After that is a weft row of alternating beargrass and conifer root. After that is another band of alternating beargrass and woodwardia fern, outlined by beargrass. On the sides are three stepped red pyramids outlined in beargrass with a black line of woodwardia running through them. The rim has another band of alternating woodwardia and beargrass. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The basket is from Northwest California, maybe Karuk or Yurok.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-59990, described as Round with flat base, sides slightly incurving, reinforced rim around base. Circular geometric design in brown and straw color with narrow black stripes. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, dyed woodwardia fern and maidenhair fern half twist. Tag "N. W. Calif. Att.". Paper tag "#24 Scott Loan". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft design overlay is beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is a .5 inch of three strand twining. After that .5 inch of plain twining followed by .5 inch of diagonal twining followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues until the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The design at the base is a band of diagonal beargrass and maidenhair fern followed by one weft row of red-dyed woodwardia. After that is a weft row of alternating beargrass and conifer root. After that is another band of alternating beargrass and woodwardia fern, outlined by beargrass. On the sides are three stepped red pyramids outlined in beargrass with a black line of woodwardia running through them. The rim has another band of alternating woodwardia and beargrass. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. The basket is from Northwest California, maybe Karuk or Yurok.

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