Nice bowl-shaped, primarily open work salmon serving tray with four decorated areas on the rim consisting of approximately an inch of coils of bear grass on either side of an inch of maidenhair fern.
Ethnography
Cultural Region
Region
Northern California and Oregon
Continent
North America
Culture/Tribe
Hupa
Native American
Dimensions
Height
3-1/2 in
Diameter
10 in
Material
Hazel, Pine Root, Bear Grass, Maidenhair Fern
Twined Basket Details
Twined Start
Intersecting layered spokes
Twined Finish
Compound binding, coiled finish
Open/Closed Twining
Predominantly Open Twined
Predominant Twining Type
Plain Twining
Additional Twining Types
Three Strand Twining
Warp ("Vertical" Elements)
Warp material
Hazel
Primary Warp Type
Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement
Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)
Weft material
Pine Root
Weft Slant
Z Slant (up to right)
Twined Construction Notes
There are two bands of reinforcing three strand twining on the base just about where the bowl flares up.