Object name: Bowl basket / Collection place: North America / Collector: Francis A. Riddell - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-255558, described as Coiled. Squat. Alternating sequences of natural, black, and brown bands. Per Ralph Shanks: Low globular coiled basket bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation. Background wefts are sumac and the design wefts are black dyed juncus. The design includes staggered rectangles. Bound under weft fag ends. Exterior workface with a rightward work direction. Plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Southwestern California tribes attributed.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-255546, described as Bowl. Twined. Yellow with various bands of black and brown throughout. Bottom design has five sets of three stacked pyramids. Main design has rows of small triangles zigzagging into five large petals. Terraced element in each corner design. Rim has pairs of triangles all around. Tag "Klamath River Tribes". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl "fancy basket". Crossed warp starting knot. Overlay on the outside. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red- dyed woodwardia fern. The rim is very neatly trimmed. At the starting knot there is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, after that 11/4 inch of plain twining, after that 1 weft row of three strand twining, switching to plain twining until the upper third of the basket where there is a single weft row of three strand twining, switching to plain twining until the rim. The design is complicated with many elements. Starting at the base there is a black band around the starting knot, followed by five sets of triangles, followed by a band of black and white designs, at the main body there is a horizontal zigzag with rectangles and triangles on it, at the rim there are several black, red and tan rings, above which are multicolored triangles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist with an exterior workface. Based on the materials and techniques this is a Northwest California basket, possibly Karuk based on the area of collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-255547, described as Bowl. Twined. Yellow with designs in black and brown including bands and yellow zigzags within two black and brown bands. Hourglass designs in main section with yellow lines running vertically through them. Rim has truncated triangle motif. Tag "Klamath River Tribes". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl "fancy basket". Crossed warp starting knot. Overlay on the outside. The warp material is hazel. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and red-dyed woodwardia fern. At the starting knot there is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, after that 2 inches of plain twining, after that two weft rows of three strand twining, switching to plain twining until one inch from the rim, were there is a row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining. The warp sticks are finely trimmed at the rim. Starting at the base the designs are bands of alternating tan and black, the main body design is six hourglasses outlined by a band above and below with zigzags in it. Directly below rim are six trapezoids. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist with an exterior workface. Based on the materials and techniques this is a Northwest California basket, possibly Karuk based on the area of collection.