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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2551, described as Bowl. Tag: "Tcunus Lassik". Second tag: "Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, not used. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled shoot warps and conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts with an overlay of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 4 inches, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of diagonal twining over two warps. The rim is trimmed, with the warp sticks extending up slightly. The overlay design is a horizontal band with a beargrass background and two horizontal rows of polygon designs in maidenhair fern. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on the exterior and interior faces. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. There are several hairs woven into the base of the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2538, described as Bowl. Tag: "Lassik", second tag "tcunus". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined "fancy basket" bowl, with no residue. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style. Warps are probably hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining for two weft rows, 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 plain twining for 1/2 inch, followed by one weft row of lattice 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 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of lattice twining one of which has a larger rod than others, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed, with many of the warp sticks extending up to 1/16 of an inch above the rim. The design is a beargrass background with maidenhair hair fern in three design bands, one plain horizontal line, one undulating, and one vertical line band. The lattice twining has some beargrass woven into it and the three strand twining also sometimes has beargrass woven in with it. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is primarily 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 Bowl basket, accession number 1-2549, described as Resembles a large crude cap. Tag "Lassik", second tag "Tcunus". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, which is within the range of size for being a hat. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style. Warps are a peeled shoot, and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for ⅓ inch, followed by two weft rows 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 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed; the warp sticks extend slightly beyond the last weft row. The design has a background of beargrass with four horizontal bands of mixed maidenhair fern and conifer root. 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. Several hairs are woven into the basket; many are visible on the exterior of the basket.