Burden basket; dirty from usage; hole in the bottom has been patched by sewing on a soft piece of buckskin; conical in shape. The bottom 6 cm are 3 strand twining, a single row was placed at 5, 6, 19, and 20 cm from the rim. The 2 rows along the top are sewn over so that large peeled sticks may form a hoop inside the rim. A buckskin thong is tied to the rim. Two tags "Wailaki". Sticker which is outlined in red "2720". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden basket, used, with no overlay. Warps are a peeled shoot and wefts are conifer root. There are 2 inches of three strand twining at the base followed by 5 3/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 5 1/2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim, where there are 2 rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod wrapped on at the rim by unpeeled shoots. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. This basket lacks designs as do Yuki mortar hoppers, and could possibly be Yuki instead of Wailaki.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Hulls Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Lake; Hulls Valley
Culture or time period:
Wailaki
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones and Weilaikie Pete
Collection date:
July 19, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
Burden basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 66 centimeters and length 42 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 59" Per Ruth Merrill: Warp is Hazel, weft is Conifer root. Hoop bound with grape.