Mortar hopper

Museum number:
1-235219
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2861
Description:
Twined basketry. Alternating light and dark bands include triangles, diamonds, and zigzags. Dark encircling band through diamond band. Newly - made. Unused. center. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root as well as a few wefts of unknown material at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the base there are three weft rows of plain twining, over 1-3 rods. This is followed by .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining. After that there are two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim consists of braided warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed nearly flush with the rim. The rim has a reinforcing rod on the interior. The design is comprised of four horizontal bands of triangles in conifer root with a beargrass background, with the uppermost band of triangles having a red-dyed woodwardia tip. There is a horizontal band of maidenhair fern around the center. 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 primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Klamath River Tribes
Collector:
Frank Bishop and Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mortar baskets (baskets by function), Mortar baskets (food processing), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 24, 1975
Context of use:
Mortar hopper.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 33.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mortar hopper, accession number 1-235219, described as Twined basketry. Alternating light and dark bands include triangles, diamonds, and zigzags. Dark encircling band through diamond band. Newly - made. Unused. center. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root as well as a few wefts of unknown material at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the base there are three weft rows of plain twining, over 1-3 rods. This is followed by .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining. After that there are two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim consists of braided warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed nearly flush with the rim. The rim has a reinforcing rod on the interior. The design is comprised of four horizontal bands of triangles in conifer root with a beargrass background, with the uppermost band of triangles having a red-dyed woodwardia tip. There is a horizontal band of maidenhair fern around the center. 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 primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mortar hopper, accession number 1-235219, described as Twined basketry. Alternating light and dark bands include triangles, diamonds, and zigzags. Dark encircling band through diamond band. Newly - made. Unused. center. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root as well as a few wefts of unknown material at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the base there are three weft rows of plain twining, over 1-3 rods. This is followed by .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining. After that there are two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim consists of braided warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed nearly flush with the rim. The rim has a reinforcing rod on the interior. The design is comprised of four horizontal bands of triangles in conifer root with a beargrass background, with the uppermost band of triangles having a red-dyed woodwardia tip. There is a horizontal band of maidenhair fern around the center. 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 primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mortar hopper, accession number 1-235219, described as Twined basketry. Alternating light and dark bands include triangles, diamonds, and zigzags. Dark encircling band through diamond band. Newly - made. Unused. center. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root as well as a few wefts of unknown material at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the base there are three weft rows of plain twining, over 1-3 rods. This is followed by .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining. After that there are two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim consists of braided warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed nearly flush with the rim. The rim has a reinforcing rod on the interior. The design is comprised of four horizontal bands of triangles in conifer root with a beargrass background, with the uppermost band of triangles having a red-dyed woodwardia tip. There is a horizontal band of maidenhair fern around the center. 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 primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar hopper, accession number 1-235219, described as Twined basketry. Alternating light and dark bands include triangles, diamonds, and zigzags. Dark encircling band through diamond band. Newly - made. Unused. center. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". There is a swastika in ink on the interior. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root as well as a few wefts of unknown material at the base. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the base there are three weft rows of plain twining, over 1-3 rods. This is followed by .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining. After that there are two weft rows of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim consists of braided warps, bound down on the interior; the warps are trimmed nearly flush with the rim. The rim has a reinforcing rod on the interior. The design is comprised of four horizontal bands of triangles in conifer root with a beargrass background, with the uppermost band of triangles having a red-dyed woodwardia tip. There is a horizontal band of maidenhair fern around the center. 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 primarily on the outside. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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