Pan basket. Small. Tag: "Lassik Tugatci", second tag "Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray, it appears to be used and contains food residue. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style. Warps are a peeled shoot, possibly willow (Salix), and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 5/8 inch followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/8 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by three weft rows of plain twining. The rim is trimmed, with the warp sticks extending up in a few places, and the last weft row is missing in some areas. The design is five horizontal bands of beargrass in various patterns; beargrass is also on part of the lattice twining. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is on the exterior and irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket slightly undulates.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
Blocksburg, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Blocksburg
Culture or time period:
Lassik
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1903
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Pinophyta, Salix, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 22.2 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "tugatci" Photo: "15-8629; 15-4992" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 16