Object class: Twined weaving / Accession year: [Missing] / Function: 1.4 Transportation - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-59514, described as Rectangular, flat; twined; designs in colored wool yarn of 5 eight-pointed stars on one side and ten arrows on the other side; buckskin thongs at top. Indian hemp cordage warp and weft, false embroidery in corn husk and colored wool yarn.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235270, described as Twined, conical; 5 bands of black design, cloth carrying loops and canvas patch on apex. New rim and mending done by donor. Materials: peeled shoot warp, split peeled shoot weft, split devil's-claw pod (Proboscidea parviflora) black design material. Diagonal twining and 3-strand twining. Original rim was of the kind with warp ends turned leftward into a bundle which was then wrapped and served as a foundation onto which the rim stick was attached by coiling.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68184, described as Openwork twined, purse-shaped; row of loops at the border are made by braiding the warp strands; serve to hold the carrying cord which may be tied or sewn back and forth across the opening. Made with leaves of wild rye grass Elymus mollis and dyes.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17996, described as Basket, small; oblong, with handle. Bamboo, twill plaited, wicker and twined/. Design is common in N.W. Yunnan. L. 27 cm. W. 13 cm. handle 13 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and seeds, accession number 1-236789a,b, described as (a) Water bottle. Pitched (Pinus monophylla), twined, upper portion weathered away. Remains of two carrying loops of human hair. Ornamented with 4 rows of 3-strand twining above the shoulder. Diagonal twining and 3-strand twining in peeled shoot materials for warp and weft. Patch of woolen trade cloth on base. (b) Seeds found in basket: Dicoria canescens sp. clarkae. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Dicoria canescens Gray, desert twinbugs, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 8 florets of Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkw., Indian ricegrass, Poaceae 3 seeds of Salvia sp., sage, Lamiaceae 6 caryopses of Swallenia alexandrae (Swallen) Soderstr. & , H. F. Decker, Eureka dune grass, Poaceae (endangered-U.S.; rare-California)

Hearst Museum object titled Saddlebag, accession number 9-16367, described as Saddlebag: double saddlebag for donkey. Cotton twined. Faded red on white background with bird, human and abstract motifs. Leather bindings and fastenings. Length 115 cm., width 67 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Satchel, accession number 9-16368, described as Satchel: cotton, twined. Bands of human, bird and animal motifs. Lettering in Devanagri script in red and yellow on white background. Leather bindings and iron fittings, both worn. Length 53.5 cm.