Collection place: Southern California / Donor: Alfred L. Kroeber - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11128, described as Large deep basket, old and broken. Per Ralph Shanks: Large flaring storage basket. Undecorated. Deergrass (Muhlenbergia rigens) bundle foundation, right warp direction. Bound under weft fag ends. Repairs on base. Heavily used. String tacked in at bottom third around basket. Damaged rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Toy cradle and doll, accession number 1-13844a-c, described as (a) Wooden doll; head and body of single piece of wood; ears, nose, mouth, and 2 legs carved out; head is covered with blue and white dotted cotton fabric. (b) Toy cradle; cradle is of single piece of bent wood with 5 cross bars wrapped with cotton (?); large piece of cotton fabric wraps around doll and cradle. (c) Red and black woven cradle band for wrapping; badly worn; attached to cradle.