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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164458, described as Twined serving basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164496, described as Small trapezoid-shaped basket. 1-rod foundation. Coiled.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164459, described as Twined serving basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164497, described as Coiled. Single - rod foundation, incurved rim.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164455, described as Twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164464, described as Small, twined, cup-shaped.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164473, described as Elliptical, coiled. One - rod foundation.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164445, described as Unfinished twined basket; open bands; cylindrical shape. Two tags: "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, with untrimmed weft stitch ends, made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is one weft row of plain twining, followed by a 0.5 inch of three strand twining, followed by ⅓ inch of plain twining, followed by ⅓ inch of diagonal twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 0.5 inch of plain twining. Going up the sides of the basket there is openwork with parallel warps alternating with plain twining. A half an inch below the rim there is a single weft row of plain twining followed by a 1/8th of an inch of openwork crossed warps. This is followed by 1/4 inch of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is paired trapezoids. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. On the base of the basket the workface is on the interior. On the rest of the basket the workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164493, described as Coiled. Designs of rattlesnake, rabbit, flower.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164492, described as Coiled basin-shaped basket with "lightning" design in black bulrush material; bottom stitched in place; rim damaged.

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