Donor: Phoebe Apperson Hearst / Culture or time period: North American native cultures / Taxon: Pteridium aquilinum - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-320, described as Feathered truncate-cone coiled basket with broken black band around bottom. Feathers include western blue bird (blue), mallard (black), pileated woodpecker (red), and meadow lark (yellow). White, red, blue glass beads and abalone shell pendants on cotton string. Clam shell beads at rim. Wefts are sedge with black dyed bracken fern broken band near base; probable willow warps.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-14984, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum).

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 Plate basket, accession number 1-20933, described as Plate basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteridium aquilinum). 1 circular band with checker design in black.