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Start Over Donor Phoebe Apperson Hearst Culture or time period Kawaiisu
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20939, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Brown and black patterns are Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Interrupted stitch. Design of 3 encircling bands with alternating black and white squares.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20924, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca, black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). Bottle neck with sloping shoulders. Decorated in brown and black representing letters of the alphabet.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20941, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Neck coiled basket with interrupted stitch; coils alternating brown and white.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20935, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca in wool, black pattern is Break fern (Sporobolus rigens). Bottle neck coiled basket with band of human figures in red and black, band of quail plumes and yarn.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20934, described as Large, bottle-neck, finely coiled jar basket with step pattern in 7 series in spiral order. On the shoulders of the basket between the step spirals are distributed 13 human figures in red and black, said to represent Jesus and the 12 Apostles. So called "Apostolic Basket". Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-59985, described as Water bottle. Diagonal twining with Joshua tree root design bands. 2 carrying loops, traces of pitch.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20938, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Yucca root. Red pattern is Yucca, White pattern is Willow (Salix).
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20942, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca, black pattern is Break fern (Sporobolus rigens). Neck coiled basket with red zigzag design above black design of oblique rows of dots. Shoulder ornamented with red yarn and quail crests.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20940, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum). Red pattern is Yucca. Interrupted stitch. Decoration of 1 black and 5 simple red bands.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20937, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Red pattern is Yucca. Dye is Pink floss (Ceiba speciosa). Red encircling decoration, of coarse weave.

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