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Start Over Object name Burden basket Donor Samuel A. Barrett
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12119, described as Very old burden basket. Fragile. Caked with grime (tarweed?), worn. Hoop broken in 3 places; hole in bottom repaired by crude coiling. Warps broken in one place. Conical shape, plain twined except bottom 7 cm that is 3-strand twining. Hoop lashed to rim with buckskin. Also buckskin sewing at overlap of 2 sticks, splitshoot sewing over a break. White 2-faced (?) overlay design obscured by grime; all of the plain twined area had design of zigzagging stepped parallelograms (?). Per Ralph Shanks: Twined burden basket, used. The original starting knot is partially missing and there is a lighter replacement material coiled at the base. The basket has peeled shoot warps with conifer root wefts and beargrass overlay. From the bottom of the basket above the repair there is three strand twining for 2 1/2 inches, followed by plain twining the rim, which is trimmed. The workface is on the exterior. The rim has a rod attached with leather lashing on the interior. The overlay is primarily single sided, with the primary design on the exterior. The basket slightly undulates; one side is flattened, probably from carrying.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12292, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp and weft are peeled Willow (Salix). Rim bound with cloth.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12401, described as Soft, closely woven, conical burden basket. (nai).
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12674, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp and weft are split Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12232, described as Tule burden basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12506, described as Tule basket with hoop (teluks).
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12402, described as Burden or gathering basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Soft, closely woven, conical. (nai). Crushed.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12827, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is split Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Tule.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12831a,b, described as Very old peeled willow (Salix) burden basket. Later used on top of 10-20 ft pole to drive thunder from area.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-10007, described as Burden basket, with leather covered point, open diagonal twined. There is no decoration. Made of willow, shoots.

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