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Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 1-236799, described as Shredded inner bark of maple, row of twined buckskin below waistband.
Hearst Museum object titled Armor, accession number 2-19079, described as Armor shirt, elk hide (?), faced with separate vest-like garment with totemic painted designs (bear, beaver, bird) in red and brown. Killer whale (?) charm made of tooth. Attached as is, is a wood toggle.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-19074, described as Basket; twined, openwork, grass stems, conical, one row has crossed wraps.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-19057, described as Flexible twined basket with brown design including dogs; plain twined basket with 4 vertical bands with brown rectangular designs; parade of dogs around rim; rush cordage warp, rush material weft; overlay of Xerophyllum tenax and cedar bark. Plaited edge (damaged).
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-19073, described as Basket; twined, openwork, grass stems, conical. Warps crossed in two rows.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-67265, described as Basket cap. Almost completely overlaid; red on white ground. Mostly plain twined. Design includes repeating triangles.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-67266, described as Basket cap. Almost completely overlaid; red on white ground. Design includes light and dark triangles. Mostly plain-twined. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is red-dyed woodwardia with maidenhair fern and beargrass designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .25 inch, followed by 1.25 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch from the rim, where there is one weft row of lattice twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is three of elements made up of two sets of two stacked triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided with some overlay on the backface, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot based on this basket's association with 1-67265. There is a hair woven into the basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-67267, described as Basket cap. Almost completely overlaid; red on white ground. Design includes light and dark triangles. Mostly plain-twined. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, overlaid with beargrass. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is in red-dyed woodwardia, maidenhair fern, and beargrass. Where the maidenhair fern appears, it is overlaid on top of the beargrass overlay. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch from the rim, where there is one weft row of lattice twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is four sets of three stacked rectangles with two double lines running diagonally through them. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided with some overlay on the backface, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot based on its association with 1-67265.
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19153, described as Front ridged, wooden shaft, cable backing of sinew, attached with sinew at center and four other places on bow, towards ends. Rawhide under cable, twisted sinew bowstring attached at one end.
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-28880, described as Square, cedar, red stripes at corners, rawhide lashings on one side. Bentwood cube; cover missing.

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