Collection place: Northern Sierras, Northern California / Collector: unknown / Donor: Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-22468, described as Coiled; oval-shaped and of a type described as "rare." The basket has a cover, which is fastened with 3 buckskin thongs. Decoration: 3 black horizontal zigzags and, on cover, band of triangles, or "arrowheads," and 7-pointed design. Designs are in brackenfern root. 3-rod coiling with stitching split on interior face.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-22464, described as 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Globular and large. Decoration: black triangular, geometric designs arranged in 4 doubled lobes. Bits of quail feathers remain caught under stitching.