Collection place: Coulterville, Mariposa County, California / Donor: Phoebe Apperson Hearst / Accession number: Acc.218 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10214, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is grass, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Red pattern is Redbud. Apparently two baskets, elliptical and recurved, joined by a flat basketry foundation. Both the foundation and the baskets are coiled. Decoration: smaller basket has open red diamond figures in a design termed "rare" by Samuel A. Barrett; larger basket has red variant on zigzag pattern. Designs are in redbud.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10211, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small and shallow with a flaring body. Coiled on a bundle foundation, with a horizontal band of black zigzags. Non-interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10212, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flattish and globose in shape. Coiled on a grass bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches. Decorated with a black diagonal zigzag design.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10219, described as Plate sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).

Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-10215, described as Basket; twined. Warp is unpeeled Willow (Salix), weft is Willow. Elliptical in form, with a handle and a reinforcing (willow?) hoop at rim. Open diagonal twined, with no decoration.