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Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-1631, described as Child's acorn basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Altar miniature, accession number 8-2355, described as Terracotta, small alter (?) open at bottom, on projecting base. On front face it beats relief scene of swan- like bird who flies with outstretched wing to right with human figure on his back. Figure probably woman, wears long garment and seems to hold veil Tan; coarse, thick fabric.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-787, described as Old. Miniature.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-2768, described as Birchbark. Miniature. Oval shaped at rim.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 4-4678, described as Miniature bottle with small modeled face on one of the spouts and body of the vessel decorated with white dots. Height 5.6 cm.; diameter 4.5 cm. Painted in three colors. The spouts are black; the white dots are on a purple ground and the bottom is unslipped. Illustrated by Kroeber, 1956, Plate 34d.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4781, described as Miniature flaring bowl decorated with birds. Height 4.1 cm.; diameter 8.5 cm. Painted in 6 colors. The parts of the birds alternate in color from brown, black, orange, and purple. Tile background is white. The rim band, bottom, and entire interior are red. The surface of this vessel is badly corroded by lime deposits. (See #4782).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 4-4782, described as Miniature flaring bowl, duplicate to 4781. Height 3.9 cm.; diameter 8.4 cm. The painting appears careless in some spots as evidenced by gaps between the outline and the colored area, overlapping brush strokes, etc. A very good example of "ghost firing" appears in the interior wall It appears 4781 was stacked inside of this vessel during firing. No such "ghost" is found in the former. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 27f.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Chest, accession number 3-1946a,b, described as Miniature chest, lacquered wood; (a) base, rectangular; 2 swans with floral decoration on each long side, black ground, blue and red vertical stripes at the corners; length 14.5, width 8.8, height 4.8 cm; (B) top; curved (vaulted) shape; large bouquet in shades of red and green on black ground; blue, red and yellow borders; length 14.5, height 3.8, width 8.8 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Chest, accession number 9-134, described as Chest, miniature; carved cinnebar lacquer on wood; pheonix and crane motif on cloud scroll pattern in red on grey; single different Character on each side of chest; front removable, disclosing 10 drawers; drawers have gilded metal pulls
Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 8-1227, described as Bronze hollow collar (?); circular; possible body fragment to miniature bronze vessel

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