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Hearst Museum object titled Arrow straightener, accession number 2-10897, described as Arrow straightener. Made of ivory. Ivory carving of reindeer, with rectangular hole for line to pass through.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-164419, described as Basketry, twined, black and yellow designs. Plain twined. Willow shoot warps, willow root weft with overlay of beargrass leaf, maidenhair fern (black), and porcupine quills dyed yellow with lichens. Label "Klamath River Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, yellow dyed porcupine quill, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining. After that, there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to 1/2 inch below the rim where there is another weft row of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues to the end of the rim, which is trimmed. The background overlay is beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is an inch of conifer root with no overlay. After that is a horizontal band of maidenhair fern and porcupine quill triangles. After that is a band of maiden hair fern and a band of porcupine quill. The main design band is comprised of triangles and a horizontal porcupine quill stepped pattern. At the rim there is another band of porcupine quill and maidenhair fern followed by truncated maidenhair triangles with porcupine designs on the interior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay only is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 1-21722, described as Small, round bottomed hemispherical open bowl (wooden); originally had a small handle near rim which was cut off.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-9507, described as Ceramic, over-all curvilinear design in dark brown on white on interior, white exterior, "Keam Collectioin" printed on base. Molded and painted.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-10829, described as Ceramic, round base, design on interior of stylized bird and dragon fly in black and red on buff ground, linear design around rim in black, black framing line, red rim, cracked in one area, fire smudged.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-58527, described as Pottery; squat shape; red and black on buff; black geometric triangular and stepped designs, red curvilinear designs. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 1-1751, described as Small, shallow; angular designs inside; dots and crossing angular designs outside. Design: fish backbone. Ceramic.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-8265, described as Bowl; ceramic, whiteware, flat base, exterior design of a checkerboard band with black and red dots, on interior an all over geometric design suggesting stylized feathers in black and red. Molded, painted.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 1-27016, described as Pottery bowl.
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-15533, described as Carved bent wood box. 16 cm x 14 cm x 18 cm.

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