Object class: Culinary containers / Collection place: Northeastern California / Culture or time period: Pit River - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-71067, described as Twined, bowl shape. Per Ralph Shanks: Atsugewi or other Northeast California tribe. Probably cooking basket, with added weight by cooked in food remains. Basket has straight sides, only slightly flairing. Three strand twining and plain twining at the base, plain twined on sides, and two rows of three strand twining at the rim. Warp sticks are probably hazel. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are probably maidenhair fern. Designs include V shapes on their sides and checkered pattern below the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-71080, described as Twined, bowl shape with incurving rim. Per Ralph Shanks: Probably a cooking pot. Three strand twining at the base, plain twined on sides, and one row of three strand twining at the rim. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are probably maidenhair fern. Some rim and base damage. Staining on outside and inside. Diagonal designs and one narrow stripe below the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16592, described as Cooking basket; twined. Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) warp, Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in white Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number TB-24, described as Per Ralph Shanks: Cooking basket with bear grass and conifer root overlay. Design is visible on inside and outside. The basket is worn and has been cooked in.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-71078, described as Twined basket bowl, wide mouth, sloping sides. Per Ralph Shanks: Probably made for sale, in the style of storage or cooking basket, never used. Three strand twining at the base, plain twined on sides. Hazel warps. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are probably maidenhair fern as well as some other material. V-on-side shaped stepped designs and one narrow stripe below the rim.