Plain-twined flat basket of rough unbarked shoots; red. Tag: "Yuki attrib." Second tag: "Yuki att." Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket plate. With little to no wear. The start is a cross warped twined start. The warp foundation is widely spaced unpeeled shoot rods. The wefts are unpeeled shoots. The rim is made of twined warps that are bent over to the right. The basket has an interior work face, a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino county based on attribution to Yuki.
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plate baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 12.5 inches and height 2 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-4032. Published: AAE VII, 3 pl 25, fig 4. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 50; selvage cf. 1-2058, 1-11889. Per Ruth Merrill: Warp and weft are Willow.