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Hearst Museum object titled Basket bowl, accession number 1-148885, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. Warp material is hazel. Background weft is conifer root. The weft design overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern stem. At the starting knot there is an inch of three strand twining. After that is plain twining for .5 inch. After that two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues until the rim where there are three rows of three strand twining. The design on the base is a ring of black and tan spiral overlay. That is followed by one ring of maidenhair fern. On the sides there are three sets of a diagonal stacked parallelograms outlined by stepped triangles. At the rim is a ring of alternating beargrass and maidenhair fern. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. There is a hair woven into the basket. The basket is from Northwest California.
Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-148890, described as Globular trinket basket. Twined. Adiantum fern stem design material. Per Ralph Shanks: Globular twined basket bowl "fancy basket". Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. Overlay on the outside. The warp material is willow or hazel. The weft is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is an inch of three strand twining, after that 1 1/2 inches of plain twining, after that 3 weft rows of three strand twining, switching to plain twining until the rim, where there are 3 weft rows of three strand twining. The warp sticks are finely trimmed at the rim. Starting at the base the designs are a band of beargrass followed by a band of conifer root and then a horizontal wavy black band. The main body design is two stacked zigzags. Three weft rows below rim are two rows of maidenhair fern. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist with an exterior workface. Based on the materials and techniques this is a Northwest California basket. There are hairs on the bottom of the basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-16429, described as Tzute; cotton twill and plain weave; red warp; tan ground wefts; varicolored weft stripes including bands of ikat and silk weft; short fringe; 33 1/2 inches x 82 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-16428, described as Tzute; cotton twill and plain weave; red warp; tan ground wefts; varicolored weft stripes including bands of ikat and silk weft; short fringe; 33 x 83 inches; ground wefts may have been blue and faded.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-16430, described as Tzute; cotton twill and plain weave; red warp; tan ground wefts; varicolored weft stripes including bands of ikat and silk wefts; short fringe; 33 1/2 inches x 86 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, accession number 3-16427, described as Tzute; cotton twill and plain weave; red warp; tan ground wefts; varicolored weft stripes including bands of ikat and silk weft; short fringe; 33 1/2 inches by 81 inches.

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