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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry material, accession number 1-10078, described as Roll of redbud bark trimmed to size.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry material, accession number 1-10076, described as Bunch of bracken root.

Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-10084, described as Old soap root brush. Handle bound with string.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10081, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is possibly Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pattern is red. 3-rod coiling with intelocking stitches (many are split on interior face).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10082, described as Coiled; flaring sides. Decoration: horizontal doubled zigzag of black "flying geese" beneath rim and, further down, band of crossing diagonal zigzags also composed of black "flying geese." Warp material: Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens). Woof material: sedge (Carex sp.). Design material is brackenfern root (Pteris quilina). Coiled on bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-10086, described as Flat, old mortar stone apparently worked into form.

Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-10085, described as Old, well worked into cylindrical form.

Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-10087, described as Much used granite cobble pestle.