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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-216873, described as Coiled. Squat with incurving top half. Design consisting of repeating X's in red bud on body. Broken rim. Coiling on single rod found.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-216870, described as Twined with overlay encircling bands in brown, yellow, and black. Buckskin lacing at top. Cover missing. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, in the shape of a tobacco container. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, red dyed woodwardia and maiden hair fern. There is a leather strap woven in below the rim. Starting at the starting knot, there is 1.5 inches of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until the rim, which is trimmed. The design is three horizontal bands of maidenhair fern and woodwardia, alternating with beargrass. The overlay is single-sided on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-216872, described as Round, flat-top; coiled encircling zigzag bands in red and brown; star on the bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-216868, described as Basin-shaped, twined. Split Juncus roots. Aberrant basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-216871, described as Deep basin-shaped, coiled, 2 encircling brown zigzag bands.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-48368a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) lid; footed jarshape with insloping shoulder; brown skin geometric design on top third. Lid faded brown skin, geometric design radiating from center; knob missing. Made from coiled rye grass (Elymus mollis) and strips of skin from legs of geese or swans.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-48374a,b, described as (a) Basket, round, straw-colored ground with red and purple bands encircling above base, 2 black and orange geometric designs on body. (b) Lid, red circle in center, 2 orange and black geometric designs. Spiral lattice binding.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-48373a,b, described as (a) Basket, round, 2 encircling bands (top and bottom) of straw-colored diamonds on blue ground, central design is repeat of orange diamond inside purple geometric design; straw-colored ground. (b) Lid with knob, one encircling band (ditto "a") and repeats of orange and purple design. Sprial lattice binding.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-48372a,b, described as (a) Basket, round, alternating whaleboat and bird in faded purple and black on straw-colored ground. (b) Lid with multiple pointed star at base of knob. Spiral lattice binding.