Wailaki or Lassik Bowl

Twined Basket

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DPR Collections

Name/Title

Wailaki or Lassik Bowl

Description

Beautiful bowl in excellent condition with only a few minor missing stitches in the rim. Based on the construction, materials and design, I believe this to be Wailaki or Lassik. It is unusual in that the beargrass overlay design on the exterior appears nearly but not exactly in negative on the interior.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1920

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Northern California and Oregon

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Wailaki
Native American

Dimensions

Height

5-3/8 in

Diameter

8-3/4 in

Material

Pine Root, Bear Grass, Hazel

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Intersecting layered spokes

Twined Finish

Clipped

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Closed Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Additional Twining Types

Three Strand Twining

Twining Design Techniques

Half Twist Overlay

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Hazel

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Pine Root, Bear Grass

Weft Slant

Z Slant (up to right)