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Hearst Museum object titled Grass bundle tool, accession number 1-102165, described as Grass bundle tool (pasa’ab) L ca 33.0cm- used to break fall of water onto acorn meal. Made by Mrs. Ida Dick

Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 1-12250, described as Mat. Indigenous name: pat ka.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-2541, described as Basket mortar. Tag "Lassik", second tag "tcusda Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket mortar hopper, maybe used, with little or no residue. Missing starting knot, with a 3 1/2 inch opening at bottom side. Warps are a peeled shoot and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) design overlay. The lattice twined rod is covered with a peeled shoot material. Starting at the base there is three strand twining for 2 1/4 inches, followed by one row of lattice twining, followed by 1/4 inch of three strand twining, followed by 5 1/2 inches of plain twining, followed by a 1/12th of an inch row of open work parallel warps. The rim is wrapped, around a large rod. The design is about 15 horizontal rows of beargrass with the first band being plain followed by 14 rows of widely spaced crenulations, with successive amplified contours. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is on the exterior and irregularly in the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right.

Hearst Museum object titled Pan basket, accession number 1-2542, described as Pan basket. Small. Tag: "Lassik Tugatci", second tag "Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray, it appears to be used and contains food residue. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style. Warps are a peeled shoot, possibly willow (Salix), and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 5/8 inch followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/8 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by three weft rows of plain twining. The rim is trimmed, with the warp sticks extending up in a few places, and the last weft row is missing in some areas. The design is five horizontal bands of beargrass in various patterns; beargrass is also on part of the lattice twining. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is on the exterior and irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket slightly undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-2530, described as Tags: 2 tags "Lassik" Per Ralph Shanks and Justin Underhill: Object is a twined seed beater (not seed knocker). Very used, with a lot of food materials adhering. Comprised of a disk and a handle that were likely made separately. Disk has a cross warp starting knot that extends out with plain twining to the rim. The rim of the disk is trimmed with a number of warp sticks extending 1/16 of an inch past the rim. Basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. Work face is exterior, and work direction is rightward. The handle is twined and consists of a bundle of rods which are doubled over and bent through the disk at various locations starting in the center and extending up to 4 weft rows below the rim. The longest rods are, for the most part, unpeeled and are found in the middle of the handle and some of the the shortest make up the warp of the handle. A few of the shorter rods are incorporated into the center of the handle. The twining around the handle proceeds to the right from 2 weft rows of the disk's rim. Where the handle meets the rim there are 3 stitches around the top 2 weft rows of the rim and the weft row that is entering the handle. The 2 shoots that wrap around the handle are not twined for one full rotation around the handle then they transition to 5 rows of plain twining spaced about 1 1/4 inches. There are 3 closely spaced weft rows of plain twining at the top of the handle. The handle is flared starting approximately 1 inch from the rim, the rim of the handle is trimmed. About 7 rods at the center of the handle extend above the rim for about 1/2 inch. Seed knocker (Beltcí)

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-2529, described as Seed knocker (Beltcí)