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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-71660, described as Spherical. 2 green embroidered zigzags circle basket near the bottom and at the center. 3 red zigzags circle basket at lower half, upper half and near rim. Weft stitches are damaged in places, especially rim. Basket is warped. Materials: "?, commercial yarn". Bundle coiled.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-71659, described as Spherical. All over decoration of embroidered 5 dot patterns in red and green. Each pattern is composed of 4 dots in a rectangle with a central dot of the opposite color. Patterns alternate between red and green. Decoration and weft stitches are worn in places. Basket is warped. Materials: "?, commercial yarn". Bundle coiled.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-71657, described as Spherical. 3 red circles, composed of 2 lines each, encircle the basket at rim, center, and bottom. Dots of blue decorate circles between red lines. Blue circle encircles lower half. Red dots decorate top half. Basketry stitches and embroidery are worn away in many areas. Basket tilts to one side. Materials: "?, commercial yarn". Coiled, false embroidery.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-71653, described as Cylindrical. Open twined. Upper parts of sides have red and blue spots in yarn. Many torn areas, especially the rim and where sides meet the bottom.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71655a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. Dark brown and red painted wefts define 6 registars. 4 center registars have red, off white, and orange step triangles in yarn. Lid has same pattern. Large knob has red, orange, and gray flower. Large torn areas where sides meet bottom and on lid. Made of spruce root. Open twined, with false embroidery, twined rim.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71654a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. Top and bottom borders in red and light brown yarn. Center has red, light brown, orange and green diamonds. Between diamonds and borders are red and green checker patterns. Lid has circular red, green and dark brown patterns. Torn areas, especially lid, rim and bottom. Glue stains on rim and lid. Open twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71658a,b, described as Spherical lidded. 4 central diamonds are composed of rectangles of dyed red and natural wefts with dyed blue weft around outer edge of diamond. Small crosses of red and blue wefts decorate the areas above, below and between diamonds. Lid has knob and 4 red and blue crosses. Some wefts are worn away. Bundle coiled.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71652a,b, described as Basket. Cylindrical lidded. Orange, tan and light brown floral borders at top and bottom, red and tan diamonds in center. Lid has high Victorian knob and has same diamond pattern and circles and triangles in light brown. Basket and lid are torn in many areas, especially rims. Made of spruce root (?), commercial thread. Twined, false embroidery, open twined rim and bottom.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71656a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. 2 borders of orange rectangles, top and bottom. Center has random squares in red, white, pink and yellow bordered by yellow and white zigzag. Lid has same pattern with 2 inner red circles. Rim, lid and bottom are torn in many areas, especially the lid. Made of spruce root, commercial thread. Twined, with false embroidery.

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