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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230638, described as Plain-twined, basin shape, very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Most of surface covered with diagonal trending designs in black on ground of beargrass ovelay. Warp and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of Cerophyllum tenax and a black material.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230640, described as Plain-twined, basin shape, very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. 4-lobed design scheme in black on ground of beargreass overlay. Jute twine around start. Two places on rim chewed out by rats. Warp and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay in Xerophyllum tenax and a black material.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230639, described as Plain-twined, shallow basin shape, very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Entirely covered with complex designs in black on ground of beargrass overlay. Wrap and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material. Bast cordage around start.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230641, described as Plain twined, conical shape with stick rim, black designs of horizontal zigzags and serrated diamonds on ground of beargrass overlay. Willow (?) shoot warp, pine root weft. Overlay in Xerophyllum tenax and fern stem, adiantum pedatum.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230645, described as Plain twined. Squat globular shape. Designs of stacked rhomboids with sawtooth edges in black and red-brown on ground of beargrass overlay. Willow (?) shoot warp, pine root weft, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax, adiantum pedatum (black), and Woodwardia fern midrib fibers stained red with alder bark, also redbud bark at top and bottom of design. Note row of 3-strand parallel twining on base, a rare weave.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-198155, described as Basketry. Weaving completed but not scaped smooth inside. Plain twined; also 3-strand twining at the start, and 2 rows defining design zones. Single-faced overlay, white grass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry weft, accession number 1-168990, described as Bear grass Xerophyllum tenax used as one kind of weft element in finer basketry.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-230643, described as Plain twined, pedestal based bowl shape, designs composed of black triangles on ground of beargrass overlay. Willow shoot warp, pine root weft. Willow (?) shoot warp, pine root weft, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and a black material.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-230642, described as Plain twined, cylindrical bowl shape. Very flexible because of tule or cattail leaf cordage warp. Complex designs in split grass stem overlay on darker ground of tule weft. Warp and weft of tule or cattail leaf, overlay of split grass stem material. Use of grass stem overlay instead of Xerophyllum tenax, and 3-strand braided twining on base are Modoc/Klamath features.