Collection place: Eastern California / Accession year: [Missing] / Function: 1.5 Household - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place Eastern California Accession year [Missing] Function 1.5 Household

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number TB-49, described as 11/20/2008; Per Ralph Shanks: Sierra Maidu; non-traditional chalice shape. Red bud, peeled maple (probably) split stitches which is a classic Maidu characteristic.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-259068, described as Coiled. Round with flat base, panels of stepped triangle design in black and dark brown on natural ground. Peeled willow shoot, redbud, woodwardia fern, dyed.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number TB-111, described as Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl with leftward work direction and three rod foundation. Coated with something like a modern varnish. Black designs appear to be bracken fern. Background is a split shoot, possibly willow. Eastern Mono/Owens Valley Paiute based on associated note and work direction. Design is three sets of several chains of diamonds from base to rim, with some filled and some outlined. Also chains of triangles outlining the diamonds. No food debris present. Portions of first and second coil are missing, and there are several cracks near rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number TB-52, described as Per Ralph Shanks: Conical burden basket. Willow warps. Basket has leather and cloth straps and the bottom has a canvas cover. There is an oval hole near bottom. There is some unpeeled willow halfway up on side of basket. Weft is probably willow. Reinforcing rod is attached to rim. Rod is lashed to bent over warps. Commercial twine holding canvas down. Burden baskets of the Sierra Miwok have an up-to-the-right slant of weft twist. This basket has a down-to-the-right slant of weft twist. This is typical of Northern Paiute baskets, including the Mono Lake Mono Paiute. This has the Paiute downward weft slant and looks like classic Paiute burden baskets. The rim is not attached in the distinctive Washoe manner.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number TB-79, described as Burden basket. Has twisted fiber rope carrying strap. Two tags, 2/30 or 21.30 or 2130. Other tag has "Attributed E. Mono L. Dawson 3/6/59" on reverse is "Cat No. Lost 4". Per Ralph Shanks: He confirms Eastern Mono (Owens Valley Paiute). Openwork burden/gathering basket. Slant of weft twist varies some up to right some down to right. All willow. Reinforcing rod halfway up interior. Warp sticks at rim bent horizontally to make reinforced rim. There is a wire for hanging on the rim. The bottom is missing. This could be 1-12846. It fits Supplementary Catalog description.