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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10787, described as Bottleneck basket with green duck feathers about border and roughly finished neck.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-12217, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark.

Hearst Museum object titled Fiber, accession number 1-4, described as Basket material: root fiber, two coils. Sedge per Judy Polanich.

Hearst Museum object titled Hanging basket, accession number 1-20865, described as Feathered hanging basket. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). In weave "bamsubu." Exterior covered with red, green and yellow feathers and bangles of clam shell beads and abalone. Second origin. no. 314.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-20879, described as Plate basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark.

Hearst Museum object titled Presentation basket, accession number 1-22478, described as Chumash coin-design presentation basket made by María Marta Zaputimeu, early 1800s. Three-rod juncus foundation is sewn with finely split sumac, black-dyed juncus, and a small amount of natural-orange juncus in the base design. The interior of the basket features the coat of arms of the Spanish kings repeated four times. This design was copied from a Spanish colonial coin known as the pillar dollar or piece of eight. The inscription reads "MARIA MARTA NEOFITA DE LA MISION DE EL SERAFICO DOCTOR SAN BVENAVENTVRA ME HIZO AN" (Maria Marta, neophyte of the mission of the Seraphic Doctor San Buenaventura made me [in the year]). According to Timbrook (2014), "María Marta Zaputimeu (also spelled Saputimehue) was a Chumash woman born at the village of S'omɨs, namesake of the present-day town of Semis. She was baptized at nearby Mission San Buenaventura on June 5, 1788, at about twenty-one years of age (Mission San Buenaventura 1782-1808:No. 363). She had no children and died in 1830." According to Timbrook (2014), close inspection reveals "that fluffy white feathers were inserted horizontally into the foundation on the nonwork face, as the basket was being woven. These appear only on the exterior and are associated only with the four vertical pillarlike design elements that alternate with the shield figures." According to Timbrook, the incorporation of feathers was a stunning departure from Chumash tradition: "this use of feathers is more like that seen in Ohlone and Pomo examples.... and until now has been completely unknown in Chumash basketry." Diameter: approximately 16¼ inches; height: 6½ inches. About 320 weft strands per inch. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.