Bottle and lid

Museum number:
1-168835a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101168835a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1167
Object count:
2
Description:
Basketry covered glass bottle and ground glass stopper. Plain twining. (a) Bottle. Encircling bands top and bottom. o/w plain field. (b) Stopper. Brown encircling bands. Tag "N.W. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass bottle (a) with basketry covered glass stopper (b). Uncertain type starting knot, possibly crossed warp. The warp material is probably hazel or a dark peeled shoot. The weft material is a dark conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. Description for a: starting after the starting knot, there is .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues for 4.5 inches after which there is a single weft row of three strand twining. This followed by 5/8 inch of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the last weft row, which is three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The stopper b: probably has a crossed warp starting knot. The rest of the materials on the stopper are the same as the main basket. The stopper starts with .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, with an atypical simple design, slightly different materials and unusually small weft stitches, but with overall similar weaving techniques.
Donor:
Mrs. A. K. Munson
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Bottles, and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1955
Context of use:
Tourist item.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 16.6 centimeters and (b)— height 6.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "See acc. envelope for add'l info.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bottle and lid, accession number 1-168835a,b, described as Basketry covered glass bottle and ground glass stopper. Plain twining. (a) Bottle. Encircling bands top and bottom. o/w plain field. (b) Stopper. Brown encircling bands. Tag "N.W. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass bottle (a) with basketry covered glass stopper (b). Uncertain type starting knot, possibly crossed warp. The warp material is probably hazel or a dark peeled shoot. The weft material is a dark conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. Description for a: starting after the starting knot, there is .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues for 4.5 inches after which there is a single weft row of three strand twining. This followed by 5/8 inch of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the last weft row, which is three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The stopper b: probably has a crossed warp starting knot. The rest of the materials on the stopper are the same as the main basket. The stopper starts with .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, with an atypical simple design, slightly different materials and unusually small weft stitches, but with overall similar weaving techniques.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bottle and lid, accession number 1-168835a,b, described as Basketry covered glass bottle and ground glass stopper. Plain twining. (a) Bottle. Encircling bands top and bottom. o/w plain field. (b) Stopper. Brown encircling bands. Tag "N.W. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass bottle (a) with basketry covered glass stopper (b). Uncertain type starting knot, possibly crossed warp. The warp material is probably hazel or a dark peeled shoot. The weft material is a dark conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. Description for a: starting after the starting knot, there is .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues for 4.5 inches after which there is a single weft row of three strand twining. This followed by 5/8 inch of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the last weft row, which is three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The stopper b: probably has a crossed warp starting knot. The rest of the materials on the stopper are the same as the main basket. The stopper starts with .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, with an atypical simple design, slightly different materials and unusually small weft stitches, but with overall similar weaving techniques.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle and lid, accession number 1-168835a,b, described as Basketry covered glass bottle and ground glass stopper. Plain twining. (a) Bottle. Encircling bands top and bottom. o/w plain field. (b) Stopper. Brown encircling bands. Tag "N.W. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass bottle (a) with basketry covered glass stopper (b). Uncertain type starting knot, possibly crossed warp. The warp material is probably hazel or a dark peeled shoot. The weft material is a dark conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. Description for a: starting after the starting knot, there is .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues for 4.5 inches after which there is a single weft row of three strand twining. This followed by 5/8 inch of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the last weft row, which is three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The stopper b: probably has a crossed warp starting knot. The rest of the materials on the stopper are the same as the main basket. The stopper starts with .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, with an atypical simple design, slightly different materials and unusually small weft stitches, but with overall similar weaving techniques.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle and lid, accession number 1-168835a,b, described as Basketry covered glass bottle and ground glass stopper. Plain twining. (a) Bottle. Encircling bands top and bottom. o/w plain field. (b) Stopper. Brown encircling bands. Tag "N.W. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basketry covered glass bottle (a) with basketry covered glass stopper (b). Uncertain type starting knot, possibly crossed warp. The warp material is probably hazel or a dark peeled shoot. The weft material is a dark conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. Description for a: starting after the starting knot, there is .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues for 4.5 inches after which there is a single weft row of three strand twining. This followed by 5/8 inch of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the last weft row, which is three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The stopper b: probably has a crossed warp starting knot. The rest of the materials on the stopper are the same as the main basket. The stopper starts with .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by .5 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by .75 inch of plain twining, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining. Both of the baskets have a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, with an atypical simple design, slightly different materials and unusually small weft stitches, but with overall similar weaving techniques.

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