Globose coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globose basket bowl. There are no abrasions or residue. The basket has a tight spiral coiled start with indentation and a small hole in the center, but not pinhole start however. The start's wefts have three rows of unpeeled redbud. The coil foundation is three rod peeled shoots. The wefts are peeled redbud background with unpeeled redbud designs. The design is diagonal lines with flags off the top and bottom of the lines, quail designs per informant. There are no random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped; the rim coil ending is missing. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped. The weft moving ends are primarily concealed. The exterior of the basket has about 15% split stiches; the interior has over 90% split stiches. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction, and various slant of weft twist. Based on the lack of random rectangles and Lizzie Chicken's background of being half-Yuki half-Wailaki this basket was woven in the style of Wailaki baskets.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Wailaki and Yuki
Maker or artist:
Lizzie Chicken
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Mush basket bowl
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10.8 centimeters and diameter 19.5 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p.43: tilitc Yuki basket tup su = quail plume tulic = quail tup = plume". Photo: 15-4976. Published: BAEB 78 Pl AAE XXiV 9, Pl 124 a. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 91. Per Ruth Merrill: Acorn meal basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood, weft is Redbud sapwood. Red pattern is Redbud bark.