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Start Over Object name Seed beater Donor Samuel A. Barrett
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11978, described as Seed beater Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined, used, but with no residue apparent. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped with redbud. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent. Bowl is shallower and broader than others in the collection, same diameter as 1-11994.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10397, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-12255, described as Seed beater (we'ks); twined. Warp and weft are unpeeled Willow (Salix).
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10479, described as Seed beater basket; warp and weft are Willow (Salix) or Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Turned warp.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10396, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Willow (Salix). Rim bound with split cane.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10480, described as Seed beater basket; warp and weft are Willow (Salix) or Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Turned warp.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10497, described as Seed beater basket; warp and weft are Willow (Salix) or Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Turned warp.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10240, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is also Redbud. Weft is turned.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10933, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is string.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10937, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).

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